Never Forget 9.18 9.18 Museum in Shengyang

Never Forget 9.18

---

September 18th 2010
On 18 of September 1931, the Japanese troops attacked Shenyang and in a week, occupied Liaoning and Jilin. By 27 Feb 1932, the entire Northeast China was under Japanese control. The brutal occupation lasted till Japanese surrender in 1945. The museums related to the incident and occupation now serve as national education sites to remind visitors of the event, the loss and suffering caused by th ... read more

Asia » China » Dongbei

---

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more