Walked to the 918 Museum

from the hostel, an exhibition about Japanese invasion against China in 1931, September 18. Sep 18th was also called the Manchurian Incident where a bomb damaged the Japanese controlled railway and Japan took this as an excuse to attack China. That night, Japan occupied Shenyang and in 18 months occupied the whole DongBei, northeastern China.

Some gruesome pictures

Total number of Chinese killed 20 millions, wounded 15 millions. Number of Japanese killed 2 millions. The numbers seem so big and I can’t imagine how terrified the people must had felt during that time. I am thankful that the world is becoming a better place now and I can even indulge in my hobby of traveling.

Concluding remarks

ZhongJie, a shopping street in Shenyang

Lunch at the food court in HappyFamily mall (13 Yuan~USD$2)

In almost all major cities in China are now constructing subways. All subway companies are state owned if I am not mistaken. Companies digging the tunnel and companies making the subway cars are also state owned. That’s why the government has a lot of power to push through the project of constructing subways very quickly. The government has a lot of money now since many state owned companies pumped back money to the government. I also heard from some individuals that municipal government love pet projects like building subway systems because it’s lucrative for their own pockets.

Marshal Zhang’s Mansion behind Zhang XueLiang statue. He was the warlord and ruler of Manchuria after his father was killed by the Japanese. In December 1936 he kidnapped Chiang Kai Shek (the Xian Incident) and somehow Kuomingtang and the communist then made peace to fight the Japanese.

Catholic Church

Went to Wu Ai market and finally bought a compass there. Wu Ai Market in Shenyang is the biggest wholesale market in the northeast of China.

Television and radio tower.

There a US embassy in Shenyang. I remembered seeing on tv years ago where North Koreans tried to rush in the embassy and the Chinese guards prevented them from going in.
Security was pretty tight around the US embassy.

Since it’s a low season for tourism, there are only 3 of us at the hostel.
XiaoGao and XiaoXia

From Shenyang to Dalian is around 5 hours. Trip taking 4-6 hours is a pain because it’s not long enough to get on an overnight train and not short enough to travel during the day. I hope to arrive in Dalian in the morning in order to maximize my time in the city when it’s bright during the day, so got a 5.52am train ticket to Dalian (33 Yuan ~USD5).
Went to the bath house where I stayed the first night with XiaoXia since it’s close to the train station and she also wanted a massage. Sent XiaoXia back to the hostel and missed my train to Dalian by just 2 minutes. This was the first transportation that I missed in my travel so far. Got on a next train K7382 (55 Yuan~USD$8) at 7pm to Dalian.