Remembrance Day China

bodawei
 September 18, 2010, 05:16 AM posted in General Discussion

For those who want to get a sense of what it is like living in modern-day China, from 9 am loud sirens wailed right around the city I live in.  Imagine air raid sirens.  

This is the day that the Chinese remember the invasion of north-east China by the Japanese.  

If you Google '18 September China' you will find some explanations in English.  

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kimiik
 September 18, 2010, 09:51 AM

Actually, the invasion of north-east China started on September 19th not September 18th.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria

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bodawei

Ok, I remember reading that. But thanks anyway for clarifying kimiik The date for remembrance 九一八is set by the 九一八事变; I generalised in my opening comment, running the 'incident' and the invasion together.