(250918) — BEIJING, Sept. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) — This picture taken on Sept. 18, 2025 reveals a recitation live performance to commemorate the September 18 Incident on the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China.
An occasion themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” was held right here on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the September 18 Incident that marked the beginning of Japan’s 14-year invasion of China.
The incident foreshadowed World War II and made China the primary to withstand fascism.
During the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression which lasted till 1945, China suffered a complete of 35 million army and non-military casualties, accounting for a 3rd of the whole casualties of all of the international locations in World War II. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)