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Sirens remember Japan invasion
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CHINA yesterday commemorated the 84th anniversary of the “September 18 Incident,” the start of Japan’s invasion.
Air raid sirens sounded in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province, and another 13 cities. More than 1,000 people from Liaoning and neighboring provinces Jilin and Heilongjiang, gathered to remember the dead.
Ten citizens, including Liaoning’s Party chief and a 90-year-old survivor, struck a bell engraved with the words “Never forget national humiliation” 14 times, symbolizing the 14 years of war.
“I just want to say that the future generations should not forget the past and our national humiliation,” said Chen Baoshu, 90, who struck the bell in Shenyang.
Dozens of visitors stood in silence outside the memorial hall for victims of the Nanjing massacre in Nanjing as sirens sounded.
The September 18 or “Mukden” incident occurred in 1931 when Japanese troops blew up a section of railway under their control near Shenyang and accused Chinese troops of sabotage as a pretext for an attack. They bombarded Chinese barracks near Shenyang the same evening, beginning a large-scale invasion of northeast China.
Mukden is Manchu for Shenyang.
“When the bell rings and sirens wail, it reminds me of the atrocities Japanese troops committed in our land and I feel very sad,” said Wang Gang, a local aircraft manufacturing plant worker.
On September 3, China held a massive military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war.
“War is like a mirror. Looking at it helps us better appreciate the value of peace,” President Xi Jinping said.
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