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14th Peace and Friendship Delegation to China by Hiroshima Citizens
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The Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) is a nationwide organization in China that works to promote peace and disarmament.
This Foundation and the CPAPD have conducted mutual visits for the past 29 years, starting with the first visit by the Hiroshima Citizen's Peace and Friendship Delegation to Beijing and other locations in 1988.
This time marked the 14th visit to China: a group of six people led by Mr. Ohtsura Niwa, Chairman of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation and a Councilor of this Foundation, visited the cities of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai from November 10-14, 2017.
November 11
In Beijing, the group visited the large-scale achievements exhibition Five Years of Sheer Endeavor, deepening their understanding of the achievements of the Xi Jinping administration over the five years since 2012.
November 12
In Tianjin City, the group visited a memorial hall commemorating the Chinese people who were forcibly taken to Japan at the end of World War II.
They toured the facility together with bereaved families.
This was followed by a courtesy visit to the Tianjin Municipal People's Government, where they requested that the city become a member of Mayors for Peace.
Next, the group moved to Tianjin Foreign Studies University.
At the university, Mr. Hiromi Hasai and Mr. Mutsuhiko Segoshi spoke about their atomic bomb experience in Japanese to around thirty students studying Japanese.
This was followed by a testimony by the bereaved family member of a Chinese person who was forcibly taken to Japan.
During the question and answer session, students asked about what life was like in Japan at the time of the bombing and about nuclear power generation today.
It was a very meaningful session.
November 13
In Beijing, the group toured the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
After this, they held a discussion with An Yuejun, chief secretary of CPAPD,
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and others on relations between Japan and China, and talked about future exchange activities between the two organizations.
The group agreed to continue with future-focused exchange and promote mutual understanding.
During this visit, members of bereaved families of Chinese people forcibly taken to Japan also attended the discussion with students from Tianjin Foreign Studies University.
It was extremely beneficial for the students' mutual understanding for them to be able to hear both the Japanese and Chinese stories.
We would like to continue with such exchange sessions in the future.
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Discussion with Chief Secretary An Yuejun and others
from CPAPD
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