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This picture taken on February 1, 2017 shows two statues symbolising so-called "comfort women" in a park in Shanghai. Mainstream historians agree that around 200,000 so-called "comfort women", mostly from Korea but also from other Asian nations including China, were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Calls to preserve such sites, and remember their victims' suffering, have until recently been muzzled by China's desire to play down one of the most sensitive issues in its stormy relationship with Japan. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)