1937年7月爆发的七七事变,标志着日本全面侵华战争的爆发。中国的全国抗战随即开始。这场中日两国倾尽国力的大战,波及到了中国东部、中部的绝大部分地域,近4亿人口直接卷入了战火硝烟。这是一场侵略与反侵略的战争。战争打断了中国社会与经济的现代化进程,也使中国社会形态与 The July 7 Incident of July 1937 marked the outbreak of the Japanese war against Japan in all its aspects. China’s national war of resistance began immediately. The war that China and Japan exerted their national strength spread to most areas in eastern and central China with nearly 400 million people directly involved in the war. This is a war of aggression and anti-aggression. The war interrupted the process of the modernization of China’s society and economy and also brought about the social configuration of China