She is the daughter of Chinese Justice Mei Ru’ao who participated in the Tokyo Trials. A graduate from Peking University, she was China’s first female graduate with a doctoral degree in international law after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Since her retirement, she has taken part in programs with great enthusiasm at the Center for the Tokyo Trial Studies of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and translated and proofread a multitude of historical records and scholarly works related to the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese invaders. On July 11 this year, a Memorial Hall staff member visited Mei Xiaokan in Beijing. Mei shared what she remembered about her father and how she started translating works about the Tokyo Trials. Recently, the Memorial Hall launched “What does the Nanjing Massacre Have to Do with Me” Episode Ten: Mei Xiaokan: Translating Historical Materials as a Way to Mourn Her Father.

Mei Xiaokan