SATV, Kathmandu, July. 07 - China on Tuesday marked the 89th anniversary of the Lugou Bridge Incident, also known as the July 7 Incident of 1937, which marked the start of the entire nation's resistance against Japanese aggression during World War II.

Following the incident in southwest Peiping (Beijing), the city was captured by the Japanese army on July 29, 1937. Over 10,000 civilians were killed or went missing during the fall of the city.

The fall of Peiping prompted the Chinese Kuomintang party and the Communist Party of China to join hands against the Japanese aggression, marking China's whole-nation resistance against the invasion, which was widely recognized as the main battlefield against Japanese imperialism and fascism during World War II.

Official data shows that more than 35 million Chinese soldiers and civilians died during the war, accounting for nearly 8% of China's total population in 1928.