教育部改教材 八年抗戰改爲十四年大綱

China's top education authorities said all elementary and middle school history textbooks will be revised to state that the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression lasted for 14 years beginning September 18, 1931.
中國最高教育機構日前表示，所有中小學歷史教材上抗日戰爭的持續時間都將修改成14年，從1931年9月18日算起。

A notice issued by the Ministry of Education(MOE)'s basic education department said the ministry is urging education administrative departments at all levels to make the revision.
教育部基礎教育司發佈的一則文件表示，正在督促所有層級的教育行政部門修改教材。

The revised textbooks will start to be used for the 2017 spring semester for elementary and middle schools, an unnamed official with the MOE was quoted by the Beijing News as saying.
《新京報》援引教育部一位未透露姓名的官員的話稱，修改後的教材將於2017年春季在全國所有中小學全面落實。

Japanese forces attacked the barracks of Chinese troops in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province on September 18, 1931, marking the beginning of the Japanese invasion and occupation that lasted 14 years.
1931年9月18日，日本軍隊炮轟中國東北遼寧省瀋陽駐地軍營，標誌着持續了14年的抗日戰爭拉開了序幕。

Previously, phrases like "8 Years of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression" were used in Chinese textbooks, counting the beginning of the War from the July 7 Incident in 1937, which ushered in Japan's full-scale invasion of China.
此前，“8年抗日戰爭”的說法被用在中國的教科書中，它是從1937年“七七事變”日軍開始全面侵略中國開始算起的。

On December 13, 1937, Nanjing, the Chinese capital for six dynasties, fell to Japanese forces, who went on to slaughter civilians for more than a month. About 300,000 Chinese were killed, and 20,000 women raped.
1937年12月13日，中國的六朝古都南京淪陷，日軍進行了長達月餘的大屠殺，約30萬中國人被殘忍殺害，2萬名女性被強姦。

More than 35 million Chinese were killed or injured in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, accounting for one-third of the total casualties of all countries during World War II, according to incomplete official data.
據不完全官方數據統計，在抗日戰爭中，有3500萬中國人傷亡，佔二戰期間所有國家傷亡人數的三分之一。