NANJING - Southern Chinese city Nanjing said it will suspend official exchanges with Japanese city Nagoya following its mayor's denial of the Nanjing Massacre, a spokesman of the foreign affairs office of the Nanjing municipal government said Tuesday night.
南京市2月21日消息，針對(duì)日本名古屋市市長(zhǎng)關(guān)于“不存在南京大屠殺”的言論，南京人民政府外事辦新聞發(fā)言人對(duì)外發(fā)布，南京市將暫停與名古屋市政府間的官方交往。

Nagoya Mayor Kawamura Takashi said the Nanjing Massacre "probably never happened" on Monday while meeting with a delegation from Nanjing.
周一，名古屋市市長(zhǎng)河村隆之在會(huì)見(jiàn)南京代表團(tuán)訪問(wèn)時(shí)，宣稱南京大屠殺“可能沒(méi)有這回事”。

The spokesman said Takashi Kawamura's remarks distorted historical facts and "seriously hurt the feelings of the Nanjing people."
該發(fā)言人表示河村隆之的發(fā)言歪曲歷史事實(shí)，“嚴(yán)重傷害了南京人民的感情”。

The Nanjing Massacre occurred in December 1937 when Japanese troops occupied the then capital of China. More than 300,000 Chinese were believed murdered and thousands of women raped.
南京大屠殺發(fā)生在1937年12月，侵華日軍攻陷當(dāng)時(shí)中國(guó)的首都南京之后。在大屠殺中有30萬(wàn)以上中國(guó)平民和戰(zhàn)俘被日軍殺害，成千上萬(wàn)的無(wú)辜婦女被強(qiáng)暴。

Nanjing and Nagoya established friendly ties in 1978.
南京市與名古屋市在1978年結(jié)成友好城市。