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Chinese textbooks and official statements consistently state that the number of victims of the Nanjing Massacre was more than 300,000.

The main basis for this figure is the 1947 Nanjing Military Tribunal (Ministry of National Defense Tribunal Military Tribunal for War Criminals). The court comprehensively examined burial records provided by charitable organizations such as the Red Swastika Society and Chongshan Temple, testimonies of survivors, and records from the International Safety Zone (Nanjing Safety Zone), and determined that there were over 190,000 victims of mass murder and over 150,000 victims of individual murders, totaling over 300,000 victims. This recognition is even higher than the ``more than 200,000'' recognition at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Trial).

The figure of 300,000 people is treated as an incontrovertible fact ("definite theory") in China. The number ``300,000'' is engraved in large letters on the wall of the Memorial Hall of the Compatriots Victims of the Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders, and this number is repeatedly mentioned on the National Public Holiday established in 2014 (December 13th every year).

In Chinese historical academia, it is common to accept the figure of 300,000 as a legal and historical fact based on court rulings, and discussions that fundamentally reexamine this number are not mainstream academically.

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