A story shared by Xi Jinping: John Rabe is widely respected as a hero in China.
The German businessman is recognized for saving tens of thousands of lives during a heinous massacre by invading Japanese troops in the late 1930s.
And his diaries offer a rare account of the atrocities committed by the invaders.
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