China Marks The Anniversary Of Japan's Attack 82 years Ago

Paramilitary officers hoist the national flag during a ceremony marking the 82nd anniversary of the Mukden incident, in Shenyang, Liaoning province. Photo: Reuters

Japanese Attack Remembered, 82 Years Later -- South China Post

Mukden incident commemorated in Shenyang in sombre ceremony free of last year's violence

China yesterday marked the 82nd anniversary of the Japanese attack that led to the second world war occupation, amid lingering tensions between Beijing and Tokyo over territorial disputes.

Air defence sirens sounded for three minutes in Shenyang , the capital of Liaoning province in the northeast, where the Japanese army began its assault. Cars on nine roads and 18 streets came to a halt, and drivers blew their horns. Thirteen other cities in the province also sounded sirens to mark the anniversary of the attack known as the Mukden incident.

Japanese soldiers blew up dynamite at a railway in Mukden, now called Shenyang, in 1931. The Japanese then blamed the act on the Chinese, using the explosion as a pretext to take control of northeastern China.

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