No 1 Shijia Alley, the original site of the Zhongxing Hotel which was where were occupied by the Japanese invaders as a military brothel. [Photo by Yang Chunhe provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

No 1 Shijia Alley

In the June of 2007, Zhou, on the back of being carried by her son, pointed to at the alley where she and other good-looking women were unloaded from a wheelbarrow in 1938 and forced into sex slavery comfort women by Japanese aggressors.

According to Yang Chunhe, the president of Baipu Historical and Ccultural Sstudies Aassociation, the place used to be the Zhongxing Hotel and was rebuilt as into a "comfort station".

After the death of Lei, Zhou picked up the baton to become the only openly-claimed living wartime "comfort woman" in Jiangsu province to admit to it. Her courageous action fills the void in of the records of surviving witnesses at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.

Only a one year after the disclosure of her identity,, Zhou she passed away at home, at the aged of 92.

Eight years later, Zhou's story is still widely spread and respected by people. Yang, who has contributed committed to the local historical and cultural studies for years, said that people should always remember what had happened on this land.