China News Service, Xi'an, June 1st (Reporter Zhang Yichen and Meiyi Taki) Recently, the "Synchronized Skillful Talking and Refinement" jointly published by two Shaanxi publishing houses has attracted the attention of netizens with a picture of "Japanese Army Carrying an Old Lady".
On the evening of the 31st, the Shaanxi People's Education Publishing House released the "Situation Statement on the Issue of Illustrations for Teaching Auxiliary Books".
It is understood that "Synchronized Skillful Talking and Refining" is a secondary textbook for primary school Chinese, which is jointly published by Shaanxi Xinhua Publishing and Media Group and Shaanxi People's Education Publishing House.
According to pictures provided by netizens, there is a picture in the book of a man who is suspected to be wearing a Japanese military uniform carrying an old lady.
Shaanxi People's Education Publishing House stated in the fact sheet that in mid-February 2017, during its self-examination and review, it had found that the book contained serious illustration errors reported by netizens, and immediately stopped distribution and sales, and adopted various methods. Most of the books that have been sold are recovered, and then the recovered problem books and inventory books are destroyed, and the relevant responsible persons are dealt with seriously.
The occurrence of this incident exposed the serious loopholes and shortcomings in the publication management of the agency.
It is understood that "Synchronized Skillful Talking and Refining" is a teaching aid book published in December 2016 and listed in late January 2017, with a total of 18,070 copies printed.
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