Sirens wailed Sunday morning in cities in Northeast China's Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces to observe the 80th anniversary of Japan's invasion.
為紀念日本侵華戰(zhàn)爭80周年，9月18日上午在中國東北的遼寧、吉林、黑龍江三省拉響了警報。

Sirens began wailing at 9:18 am and lasted for three minutes in Shenyang, capital city of Liaoning Province, while more than 1,000 people from the central and local governments, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and all walks of life gathered as part of the routine activities.
在遼寧省省會沈陽，警報在上午9點18分拉響，歷時三分鐘。來自政府部門、解放軍和各行各業(yè)的群眾1000余人參加了這次活動。

In Harbin, capital city of Heilongjiang Province, sirens wailed 10 minutes starting from 9 am to remind people of the Japanese invasion into China's northeastern region 80 years ago.
在黑龍江省的省會哈爾濱，上午九時拉響了長達十分鐘的警報，來提醒人們勿忘80年前的日本侵華戰(zhàn)爭。

On September 18, 1931, Japanese forces attacked the barracks of Chinese troops in Shenyang. The move marked the beginning of the Japanese invasion and occupation that lasted 14 years.
在1931年9月18日，日本軍隊襲擊了沈陽的中國軍營，這項軍事行動拉開了日本長達14年侵占的序幕。