Chinesische Beamte in blauen Uniformen des 8. Route Armee escort ein Mitarbeiter in einer Uniform der japanischen Armee während des Zweiten Weltkriegs bekleidet gekleidet,
Chinese clerks dressed in blue uniforms of the Eighth Route Army escort an employee dressed in a uniform of the Japanese army during the World War II, during a promotional campaign at a shopping mall in Taiyuan city, north Chinas Shanxi province, 28 July 2014. A Chinese shopping mall in the northern city of Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, launched a promotional campaign not only to boost its business but also to raise the public awareness to remember the Japanese invasion during the World War II. A group of clerks put on Chinese and Japanese army uniforms during the war and presented different shows of fighting Japanese soldiers to customers shopping in the mall. The campaign had started after the 77th anniversary of the July 7th Incident, said a manager with the mall. The campaign was launched to make Chinese people remember the history of the Japanese invasion, he added. The July 7th Incident, also known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident or the Lugouqiao (Lugou Bridge) Incident, was a battle between the Republic of Chinas National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army, often used as the marker for the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937¨C1945).
