China marks anniversary of Japanese intrusion

A resident holds a banner that reads "never forget national humiliation" during a ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the 9.18 Incident on Thursday in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province. [Photo/IC]

China marked the 83rd anniversary of the 9.18 Incident on Thursday in a high-profile manner, as senior Communist Party of China official Liu Yunshan joined citizens to strike a big bell on which was carved with "never forget national humiliation."

Unspeakable cruelty of wartime Japan

More than 1,000 people were on the scene to watch the bell-ringing ceremony, which was aimed to remind people of the Japanese aggression.

China has officially set Sept. 3 as Victory Day to mark Japan's surrender on Sept. 2, 1945.