九一八事變 [ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ; jiu3 yi1 ba1 shi4 bian4] the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變 ◄ ►