21.   Back in the forties when China was divided by civil war and the Japanese invasion, Xinjiang managed to declare itself the republic of East Turkestan.

22.   Australian troops occupied East Timor during World War II to forestall a Japanese invasion of their country.

23.   The total force now n World War II to forestall a Japanese invasion of their country.

24.   Millions of Chinese were killed during the decade-long Japanese invasion and occupation of north and central China.

25.   Most young Chinese say they will never forget atrocities committed during the Japanese invasion, according to an opinion poll published Monday in the China Daily.

26.   National weaknesses that allowed the Japanese invasion of China could resurface as the result of pernicious foreign influences and dissident activity, Outlook magazine warns in its latest issue.