Talk:Second Sino-Japanese War

Most historians place the beginning of the second Sino-Japanese War on the Battle of Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge Incident) on July 7, 1937. However, Chinese historians place the starting point at the Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931.well, i am not sure, but i remember i was told the sino-japanese war began on july 7, 1937 when i was in school, so i think most Chinese historians hold that view. here are some text adopted from the internet, which is from the POV of CCP, as reference (i will check out what Chinese historians think later):

l937年，日本帝国主义发动“七七”事变，大举侵华，以国共合作为基础的全民族抗日战争开始。全日制普通高级中学历史教学大纲
一九三七年七月七日深夜，在北平的南大门卢沟桥附近，日本侵略军突然向驻守在这里的中国军队发动进攻，中国军队被迫奋起还击。卢沟桥反抗日本侵略军的枪声，标志着中国人民期待已久的全民族抗战终于开始。[1] --Yacht 17:40, Mar 30, 2004 (UTC)

I edited the final sentence of the first section to remove possible bias (although bias may not have been intended by the original writer). To my knowledge, although the Ryukyu islands have had historical involvement alternatively between Japan and China, the status of the Ryukyu Islands as Japanese (with a Japanese-speaking population) is not in dispute (and was not at the end of WWII). RyanAXP