Shenyang remembers horrors of 1931

A bell-ringing memorial ceremony to commemorate the start of the Japanese military occupation of Northeast China will take place in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, on Tuesday.

A siren will wail at 9:18 am for three minutes in the Sept 18 Incident Museum that documents the events of 1931 when Japanese forces attacked Chinese troops in Shenyang.

The attack marked the beginning of the Japanese invasion and occupation that lasted 14 years.