China quietly marks Sino-Japanese war turning point

BEIJING, China - About 1,000 people, including soldiers and students, gather in front of the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Museum near the Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing July 7 to attend the opening ceremony of a new exhibit on the Sino-Japanese war as China marked the 70th anniversary of an incident at the bridge that sparked the war.

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