A ceremony marking the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
The Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937, is recognized as the start of Japan's full-scale invasion of China, and China's whole-of-nation resistance against it.
A ceremony marking the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
People lay flowers during the ceremony marking the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
People lay flowers during the ceremony marking the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
People lay flowers during the ceremony marking the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
People visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders to mark the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
A ceremony marking the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
People visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders to mark the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
A ceremony marking the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)