More than 100 family members of British prisoners of war from across the UK attended the Chinese New Year reception on Feb 22 at the Chinese Embassy in the UK, to commemorate the heroic rescue of ...

Relatives of Lisbon Maru survivors attend a remembrance ceremony on Dongji Island, Zhejiang province, in 2019. [Photo provided to China Daily] LONDON -- The Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom ...

The Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom (UK) hosted a special reception in London on Saturday for the families of the Lisbon Maru survivors, commemorating the heroic rescue during World War II ...

Denise Wynne, daughter of a Lisbon Maru survivor Dennis Morley, speaks at a reception for the families of the Lisbon Maru survivors in London, Britain, on Feb. 22, 2025. The Chinese Embassy in the ...

Tracing that little-known event and the vast grief it left behind in the UK, Fang Li's "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" nevertheless feels like a dull history lesson that's truncated by its many ...

The film, which opened the 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival, follows a chapter from 1942 where the American navy torpedoed The Lisbon Maru, a Japanese transport ship with prisoners of war ...

In October 1942, the Lisbon Maru, a cargo vessel requisitioned by the Japanese army to transport more than 1,800 British prisoners of war (POWs) from Hong Kong to Japan, was struck by U.S. forces ...

trying to infinitely close to the truth of the World War II "Death Ship" — "Lisbon Maru", which is 30 meters under the sea off the East Polar Island in Zhoushan, China.

In October 1942, the Lisbon Maru, a cargo vessel requisitioned by the Japanese army to transport more than 1,800 British POWs from Hong Kong to Japan, was hit by a U.S. submarine off the Zhoushan ...