On this day, 88 years ago, on August 14, 1937 (July 9, 1937, the Lunar Calendar), the "Declaration of Self-Defense and Anti-Japanese Aggression" was issued, kicking off the eight-year War of Resistance between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. On August 14, 1937, the National Government issued the "Declaration on Self-Defense and Anti-Japanese Aggression". China was forced by Japan's endless aggression, and had no choice but to defend itself and resist violence. Since the beginning of this year, the China government and people have worked hard to complete the construction of a modern country in order to achieve a free and equal status; For this reason, they are committed to economic and cultural rejuvenation internally, and respect peace and justice externally. All the covenants of the League of Nations and the nine-nation covenants, which China has participated in, faithfully fulfill their obligations. Gai believes that "independence" and "coexistence" are compatible and complementary. Since the "September 18th", Japan invaded our four eastern provinces. During the Battle of Songhu, important commercial towns in southeastern China were reduced to war. Following the fall of Rehe, and following the Battle of various Estuary of the Great Wall, the disaster of massacres and burning spread to Hebei; This was followed by the establishment of the puppet organization in eastern Hebei, the cultivation of bandit troops in northern Chad, and the invasion and erosion of China's territorial sovereignty. Others include even though various aircraft flew illegally within China's territory and assisted in large-scale smuggling, causing huge losses to China's finances and the commerce of other countries; and various vicious methods, such as openly selling morphine and heroin, and privately selling firearms to aid bandits, plunging China society and race into inhumane misery. In addition, there are countless unreasonable demands and one-sided free actions. Accepting this is enough to endanger the independence of the country and the survival of the nation. We dare to believe that this is intolerable to any country and any people. To this day, we dare to say that the reason why China came here is that it will do its best to achieve Japan's final enlightenment. When the Lugouqiao Incident broke out, some hope was cut off. The cause of the Lugouqiao incident was due to Japan's massive expansion of the Tianjin garrison troops and repeated exercises in locations not allowed by the Xinchou Treaty. Such actions by Japan are more than enough to cause incidents anytime and anywhere; Late at night on July 7 this year, the Japanese army actually carried out illegal exercises at the Lugou Bridge near Peiping, followed by a sudden attack on Wanping County. Our troops, which were responsible for defending the territory, were forced to defend themselves; our innocent people were unknowingly destroyed by Japanese artillery fire. All this fact has been seen by the world. After the Lugouqiao incident, Japan's actions were closely watched, that is, its rhetoric often used to resolve the situation on the spot and its tone of not wanting to expand the situation; In reality, a large number of troops, aircraft, tanks, and various new war weapons were continuously transported to Hebei from their own country, North Korea and Northeast China. The fact that it has carried out armed aggression and attacked all over our country one after another must not be concealed by the tone it uses. After the Lugouqiao incident, the China government still negotiated with Japan in good faith to seek a peaceful resolution of the incident. On July 13, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposed to the Japanese Embassy that both sides immediately stop military actions, but Japan did not respond. On July 19, our Foreign Minister formally revisited the original proposal in writing. The two sides agreed on a fixed date, stopped military actions at the same time, and withdrew the troops to their original locations. It also stated that in order to peacefully resolve this unfortunate incident, the China government is prepared to accept any peaceful method of handling international disputes recognized by public international law or treaties, such as direct negotiation, mediation, arbitration, etc. between the two parties. However, none of the above statements was answered by Japan. At this time, local authorities in China have accepted the solution proposed by Japan in order to maintain peace. The central government also expressed its utmost tolerance and did not object to this solution. It was the Japanese army who suddenly attacked the China army at Lugou Bridge, Langfang and other places without any excuse. On July 26 this year, he sent a letter of condolences to the Japanese army and demanded that the China army withdraw from Peiping. In addition to the solution agreed upon by both parties, this creates complications and is absolutely unacceptable to us. Without waiting for a reply, the Japanese army attacked Peiping, the cultural center of China, and Tianjin, the business hub of China and foreign countries, with fierce force before the deadline. Near Nanyuan, our garrison was besieged by Japanese bombers and tanks, and died violently; In Tianjin, people's lives were massacred, and public buildings, cultural institutions, shops and houses were all burned. From then on, he marched endlessly, invaded the southern part of Hebei Province, and attacked Nankou, bringing the war to Cha Province. All these things, if they expand the campaign, cover their progress under the tone of resolving the incident on the spot and not expanding it. When the war of war was spreading rampant in North China, the Chinese Communist government regarded Shanghai as an important capital in the East. It took Chinese and foreign commercial and other interests into consideration and repeatedly ordered the Shanghai City authorities and security teams to increase their efforts to maintain it to avoid any ominous incidents. On the evening of August 9, Japanese officers and men attempted to invade our Hongqiao military airfield, disobeying the warning decree, and even an accident occurred, killing one guard of the China security team guarding the airfield and two Japanese officers and men. Immediately after the incident, the Shanghai City authorities proposed a fair diplomatic solution; the Japanese actually sent a large number of warships, army and other armed forces to Shanghai and made various demands in an attempt to disarm or reduce China's self-defense forces. The Japanese Air Force has also made arbitrary flights and threats in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other coastal ports of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There is no doubt that it was a military launch. Since yesterday (13th), the Japanese army has launched a fierce attack on the central area of Shanghai City. These actions, together with transporting a large number of troops to Hebei after the Lugou Bridge Incident, are both Japan's entire plan to implement its traditional aggressive policy. Japan still wants to use the Songhu Armistice Agreement as an excuse, which will prevent China from using legitimate defense measures at a time of crisis. It should be noted that the spiritual purpose of these armistice agreements is to suppress each other in a certain location in order to avoid conflicts and not hinder the progress of peaceful settlement. If one party freely advances its troops while restraining the other party at the same time, making it sit and listen to aggression, this cannot be distorted by any legal principle or human relationship. China solemnly declared today that China's territorial sovereignty has been subject to Japan's aggression; the League of Nations Covenant, the Nine-Power Covenant, and the Non-War Covenant have been completely destroyed by Japan. The greatest purpose of such treaties is to maintain justice and peace. Given its responsibilities, China should do its best to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maintain the dignity of the above-mentioned treaties. China will never give up any part of its territory. In the event of aggression, it can only exercise its natural right of self-defense. If Japan does not have ambitions for China and engages in territorial aggression, it should seek a reasonable solution to the relationship between the two countries and at the same time stop all its acts of military aggression in China. In this case, China should still follow its original aspirations for peace to save the crisis in East Asia and the world. In essence, we are not fighting just for China, but for the world this time; we are not fighting just for territory and sovereignty, but for public law and justice. We firmly believe that all our friendly countries will not only sympathize with us, but will also be able to fulfill their obligations under the international treaties they have solemnly signed. Comments: The eight-year War of Resistance kicks off