Civil groups in Chinas Taiwan region gathered outside the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) headquarters in Taipei to mark the 88th anniversary of the Lugou Bridge Incident, requiring remembrance of the across the country resistance versus Japanese aggressiveness, opposition to so-called Taiwan independence, and recognition of shared cross-Straits wartime history.
Organizers stated the event aimed to teach the DPP and Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te a history lesson about the regions function in the Chinese Peoples War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.Following the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese colonial authorities carried out a survey in Taiwan and found that more than 70 acts of resistance had appeared within a month, noted Chi Chia-lin, honorary chairman of the Reunification Alliance Party in Taiwan, at the gathering.Many young people from the area likewise went back to the Chinese mainland to sign up with the war effort, showing that intellectuals and the general public alike at the time identified China as their motherland and thought in its ultimate victory, he stated.
Today, in celebrating the July 7 event, we intend to carry forward that nationwide spirit, oppose separatism, and pursue the reunification of the Chinese nation, Chi said.The demonstration was arranged by more than a dozen Taiwan-based civic associations, political celebrations and publications.