Japan’s puppet state of Manchukuo lasted for just 13 years from 1932 to 1945, ruled by Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing dynasty. Historian Suzuki Sadami looks at the acts of aggression through which ...

The relatively unknown story of wartime Japan’s ties with the opium trade in China is now in the public domain, courtesy of a manga series that has already sold more than 1.8 million copies in book ...

The Imperial Palace of Manchukuo Museum was built on the spot where Aisin Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), lived and is one of China's three existing royal palace relics.

Until last week no Great Power had troubled to attack the puppet “Regency” of hollow-eyed Henry Pu Yi over what Japan calls the new state of Manchukuo. Regent Henry has been free to assume that ...

IT is now over a year since Japan officially recognized Manchukuo, signing a protocol under which she agreed to cooperate with the new state in the maintenance of its national security. During this ...

Q:How was the puppet state of Manchukuo founded? A:In order to distract any potential international audience, cover up its act of aggression, and keep northeast China permanently under its control, ...

After weary months of pinking each other with diplomatic rapiers in Tokyo, cocky little Japanese Foreign Minister Koko Hirota and gruff, sad-eyed Soviet Ambassador Konstantin Yurenev were so ...

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The latest volume in the "China Today Series." It goes over the whole history of Japanese policy in China and discusses in detail the events which led to the establishment of the new state. In the ...

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