Spotlight on patriotic education in China after stabbing of Japanese schoolboy

A woman laying a bouquet of flowers outside Shenzhen Japanese School on Sept 19, following the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old child in Shenzhen. - Photo: Reuters

BEIJING: On Sept 18, China commemorated the 93rd anniversary of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 with a promise to “never forget national humiliation”, a long-running slogan used by state media and the government in publicity materials.

Museums unveiled new artefacts from the “war of resistance against Japanese aggression”, as the 14-year period until the end of World War II is known in China. Students attended assembly talks and wrote reflective essays.