Last Chinese participant of Tokyo Trials dies at 99

Gao Wenbin, the last Chinese person to fully participate in the Tokyo Trials, the tribunal for accused A-Class Japanese war criminals in World War II, died at the age of 99 in Shanghai on Monday.

He was an expert in law and history, and a professor at the law school of Shanghai Maritime University for over 40 years.

Born in Shanghai in 1922, Gao grew up during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45).