Student representatives stand at attention in silent tribute during a ceremony to commemorate the September 18 Incident at the 9.18 Historical Museum in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, on Thursday. Sirens wailed and a bell tolled to mark the 94th anniversary of the start of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45).

A 95-year-old veteran who fought in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression attends the ceremony in Shenyang on Thursday. See more, page 4