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Themed activities held in China’s capital to commemorate September 18 Incident

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Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror

Themed activities held in China’s capital to commemorate September 18 Incident
Themed activities held in China’s capital to commemorate September 18 Incident

People visit the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 18, 2025.

An event themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” was held here on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the September 18 Incident that marked the start of Japan’s 14-year invasion of China.

The incident foreshadowed World War II and made China the first to resist fascism.

During the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression which lasted until 1945, China suffered a total of 35 million military and non-military casualties, accounting for a third of the total casualties of all the countries in World War II. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Themed activities held in China’s capital to commemorate September 18 Incident

People visit the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 18, 2025.

An event themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” was held here on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the September 18 Incident that marked the start of Japan’s 14-year invasion of China.

The incident foreshadowed World War II and made China the first to resist fascism.

During the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression which lasted until 1945, China suffered a total of 35 million military and non-military casualties, accounting for a third of the total casualties of all the countries in World War II. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Themed activities held in China’s capital to commemorate September 18 Incident

Visitors watch a recitation concert to commemorate the September 18 Incident at the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 18, 2025.

An event themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” was held here on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the September 18 Incident that marked the start of Japan’s 14-year invasion of China.

The incident foreshadowed World War II and made China the first to resist fascism.

During the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression which lasted until 1945, China suffered a total of 35 million military and non-military casualties, accounting for a third of the total casualties of all the countries in World War II. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Themed activities held in China’s capital to commemorate September 18 Incident

This photo taken on Sept. 18, 2025 shows a recitation concert to commemorate the September 18 Incident at the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China.

An event themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” was held here on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the September 18 Incident that marked the start of Japan’s 14-year invasion of China.

The incident foreshadowed World War II and made China the first to resist fascism.

During the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression which lasted until 1945, China suffered a total of 35 million military and non-military casualties, accounting for a third of the total casualties of all the countries in World War II. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Themed activities held in China’s capital to commemorate September 18 Incident

People visit the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 18, 2025.

An event themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” was held here on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the September 18 Incident that marked the start of Japan’s 14-year invasion of China.

The incident foreshadowed World War II and made China the first to resist fascism.

During the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression which lasted until 1945, China suffered a total of 35 million military and non-military casualties, accounting for a third of the total casualties of all the countries in World War II.

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250918/8beb8021d8dc41689d114729c006dfcc/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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