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Manchurian Incident or Mukden Incident, 1931, confrontation that gave Japan the impetus to set up a puppet government in Manchuria. After the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), Japan replaced Russia as the dominant foreign power in S Manchuria. By the late 1920s the Japanese feared that unification of China under the Kuomintang party would imperil Japanese interests in Manchuria. This view was confirmed when the Manchurian general Chang Hsüeh-liang Chang Hsüeh-liang or Zhang Xueliang (jäng` shüĕ`-lyäng`) ..... Click the link for more information. , a recent convert to the Kuomintang, refused to halt construction of railway and harbor facilities in competition with the South Manchurian Railway South Manchurian Railway Company, formerly the largest economic enterprise in Manchuria and the main agency of Japanese penetration, was organized shortly after the Russo-Japanese War. ..... Click the link for more information. , referring Japan to the Nationalist central government. When a bomb of unknown origin ripped the Japanese railway near Shenyang (then known as Mukden), the Japanese Kwantung army guarding the railway used the incident as a pretext to occupy S Manchuria (Sept., 1931). Despite Japanese cabinet opposition and a pledge before the League of Nations to withdraw to the railway zone, the army completed the occupation of Manchuria and proclaimed the puppet state of Manchukuo Manchukuo (mănch ..... Click the link for more information. (Feb., 1932). See Sino-Japanese War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Second, 1937–45, conflict between Japanese and Chinese forces for control of the Chinese mainland. The war sapped the Nationalist government's strength while allowing the Communists to gain control over large areas through organization of ..... Click the link for more information. . BibliographySee T. Yoshihashi, Conspiracy at Mukden (1963); S. N. Ogata, Defiance in Manchuria (1964). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After the September 1931 Manchurian Incident, which marked the beginning of a 15-year-long war between China and Japan, China decided, due to its lack of military leverage, to diplomatically challenge the claims of France, the UK and Japan over the area, and to continue issuing unilateral administrative ordinances, both at national and provincial levels. 8) With the purpose of highlighting the suffering experienced by the peoples of Asia during the Second World War, I add Asia to the term 'Pacific War,' which the Japanese historian Ienaga Saburo used to cover the 'Fifteen-Year War,' from the Manchurian Incident in 1931 to Japan's unconditional surrender in 1945. The Northeast National Salvation Society proved highly effective lobbyists in selling the Manchurian Incident as a national priority as they attempted to fulfil personal objectives. |
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