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Mukden

British  
/ ˈmʊkdən /

noun

  1. a former name of Shenyang

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some have pointed out that the stabbing happened on the anniversary of the notorious Mukden Incident, when Japan faked an explosion to justify its invasion of Manchuria in 1931, triggering a 14-year war with China.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2024

The somber attitude continued as teachers moved to the day’s main purpose: to mark the anniversary of the 1931 Mukden incident, when Japanese soldiers dynamited a Chinese railway as a pretext to invade the country.

From Washington Post Oct. 7, 2022

The day of the crash was the 91st anniversary of the Mukden Incident, a pretext to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

From New York Times Sep. 21, 2022

Instead, the message said he wasn’t coming home: His B-29 had been lost over Mukden, Manchuria, and he was later declared MIA.

From Science Magazine Aug. 31, 2022

Mukden, the Manchurian capital city, has been called "The Asiatic Armageddon!"

From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)

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