Visitors pass by a statue in the September 18 historical museum in Shenyang, capital of southeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 17, 2008. Lots of people visited the museum before the 77th anniversary of the September 18 invasion. In 1931, Japanese forces attacked the barracks of Chinese troops in northeast China, marking the beginning of a Japanese invasion and occupation that lasted 14 years. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

Wang Jinsi shows a photo taken during the Japanese invasion to China in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province on Sept. 17, 2008. A total of 15 historical photos were brought to the public for the first time here on Wednesday by its collector Wang Jinsi before the 77th anniversary of the September 18 invasion. Wang bought these photos taken around 1937 in occupied Changchun from Japanese collector this spring. (Xinhua/Shao Shouzhi)