Day-2 and it's a visit to the former Japanese Army Unit 731, to watch ice swimming and the St Sophia Orthodox Cathedral.
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Unit 731 of the Japanese Army was set up in 1935 as a biological warfare research and test centre where it conducted cruel experiments on humans. According to historical records, about 3,000 people were maimed and killed as subjects at this location. It was a very sombre visit to this museum.
The Frostbite Laboratory. They used live humans as subjects in this lab.
The Yellow Rats breeding room. It has 96 cement pens to breed yellow rats.
After that very serious visit, we headed for something totally different - ice swimming. Here a 30 meter swimming pool had been cut out from the frozen river. Elderly locals braved the minus 20 degree Celsius temperature for a dip into the icy waters. Hats off to them.
With it's Russian historical influence, the St Sophia Orthodox Cathedral built in 1907, stands in central Harbin.
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