China marks anniversary of Japanese intrusion
Updated: 2014-09-18 11:05
(Xinhua)
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A resident holds a banner that reads "never forget national humiliation" during a ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the 9.18 Incident on Thursday in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province. [Photo/IC] |
China marked the 83rd anniversary of the 9.18 Incident on Thursday in a high-profile manner, as senior Communist Party of China official Liu Yunshan joined citizens to strike a big bell on which was carved with "never forget national humiliation."
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Unspeakable cruelty of wartime Japan |
More than 1,000 people were on the scene to watch the bell-ringing ceremony, which was aimed to remind people of the Japanese aggression.
China has officially set Sept. 3 as Victory Day to mark Japan's surrender on Sept. 2, 1945.
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