At 9, Peng Zhuying lost her sight to Japanese mustard gas. At 14, soldiers shattered her toes and forced her into sexual slavery. Today, at 96, she’s one of China’s last living witnesses to WWII’s 'comfort women' system – and her body still carries a calcified fetus from her enslavement at 15. 💔
The Unanswered Question
In 2025, when a Japanese journalist visited her Hunan home, Peng asked: 'Can your government apologize?' He left silently. Her dim alleyway lamp – lit for visitors – burns brighter than the silence surrounding wartime atrocities that enslaved 400,000 women.
Fossilized Trauma
Doctors discovered the preserved fetus in 2024 – a haunting 'time capsule' of violence. Only seven Chinese comfort women survivors remain. As their numbers dwindle, Peng’s story challenges us: Will reconciliation come before history’s witnesses fade? 🕯️
