Beijing, Sept. 19 -- China on Thursday marked the 94th anniversary of the September 18 'Mukuden Incident', which triggered the Manchurian Incident and Imperial Japan's subsequent occupation of northeastern China, with ceremonies and commemorative events that reignited concerns of rising anti-Japanese sentiment among Japanese residents in the country.
The September 18, 1931, incident, in which Imperial Japanese forces staged a railway explosion in Shenyang and blamed China, paved the way for Japan's occupation of Manchuria and 14 years of military rule.
During this period, Chinese resistance fighters waged an underground struggle, which indirectly contributed to the Allied victory in World War II, as majority of Japanese troops were engage...