BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) — The July seventh Incident, also referred to as the Lugou Bridge Incident, which occurred in 1937, is acknowledged as the beginning of Japan’s full-scale invasion of China, and China’s whole-of-nation resistance towards Japanese aggression.
The disaster woke up the Chinese nation. People put aside no matter rifts they’d and pointed their weapons, blades, and something they may wield outward, preventing uncompromisingly till Japan’s give up in 1945. Over the previous many years, the land has modified past recognition. Cities have risen, borders have shifted, generations have come and gone. Yet, the Chinese folks have preserved Wanping, the outdated walled city, a lot because it was, with its shell-scarred partitions standing quietly as witnesses to the previous.