Evidence of Japanese Germ Warfare Found in China

　　Chinese researchers say they have uncovered more evidence of the use of germ warfare¹ by Japanese forces in southwestern China's Yunnan during the Second World War.

 

　　Su Yi has more.

 

　　The findings by researchers are suggesting the wide-spread use of protective measures to ensure Japanese troops did not become infected with plague, anthrax and cholera².

 

　　Researchers also say Japanese troops poisoned wells along the route leading from Yunnan into neighboring Myanmar during the invasion in 1942.

 

　　Research carried out by the Harbin Academy of Social Sciences is now trying to determine how closely the suspected germ warfare activities in Yunnan are linked to the notorious Unit 731.

 

　　This was the secret Japanese biological and chemical weapons research unit, which operated out of northeast China during the Japanese occupation of the region.

 

　　Researchers say some 200-thousand local residents were killed in germ attacks in the western part of Yunnan alone.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Su Yi.

1 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

2 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。