liǔ​tiáo​gōu​shì​jiàn

Mukden Incident

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柳条沟事件/ 柳條溝事件 liǔ​tiáo​gōu​shì​jiàn Mukden Incident

The incident on September 18, 1931, involving a railway explosion near Mukden (modern-day Shenyang) that served as a pretext for the Japanese invasion of Manchuria; also known as the 九一八事变 jiǔ​yī​bā​shì​biàn.

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same_as 柳条沟事件/柳條溝事件 九一八事变/九一八事變