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10180995 2022-08-28 21:38:25.0 Xi replies to letter from families of "Lisbon Maru" survivors major 2 83132 Top Stories Top Stories /enpproperty-- >BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently replied to a letter from the families of the survivors of the "Lisbon Maru." In the letter, Xi encouraged them to continue to actively commit to the China-Britain friendship and looked forward to more British friends making contributions to bilateral relations. In October 1942, "Lisbon Maru," a cargo vessel, requisitioned by the Japanese army to carry more than 1,800 British prisoners of war (POWs) from Hong Kong to...
