Japanese occupation of Shanghai
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The Japanese occupation of Shanghai was the period during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Imperial Japan controlled and administered Shanghai, marked by military rule, economic exploitation, and widespread human rights abuses against the Chinese population.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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military occupation → |
| administrativeCenter |
Japanese military headquarters in Shanghai
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| capital |
Shanghai
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| characterizedBy |
censorship
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collaborationist administration → economic exploitation → human rights abuses → military rule → political repression → |
| conflict |
Second Sino-Japanese War
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| countryInvolved |
Empire of Japan
→
Republic of China → |
| endEvent |
Japanese surrender in World War II
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| endTime |
1945
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| followedBy |
Chinese Civil War period in Shanghai
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Chinese Nationalist reoccupation of Shanghai → |
| hasPart |
occupation of the French Concession in Shanghai
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occupation of the Shanghai International Settlement (1941–1945) → |
| languageOfAdministration |
Chinese
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Japanese → |
| location |
Shanghai
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| occupyingPower |
Imperial Japanese Army
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Imperial Japanese Navy → |
| partOf |
Japanese occupation of China
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Second Sino-Japanese War → Second World War in Asia → |
| persecutedGroup |
Allied nationals in Shanghai
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Chinese civilians → Chinese resistance fighters → political dissidents → |
| precededBy |
Battle of Shanghai (1932)
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Shanghai under Nationalist government control → |
| region |
East Asia
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| result |
economic disruption in Shanghai
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postwar war crimes investigations → severe civilian casualties → strengthening of Chinese anti-Japanese resistance → |
| significantEvent |
Navy air raids on Shanghai
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bombing of Shanghai → establishment of puppet municipal governments → forced labor of Chinese civilians → internment of Allied civilians after 1941 → mass arrests of suspected resistance members → |
| startEvent |
Battle of Shanghai (1937)
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| startTime |
1937
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| timePeriod |
20th century
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| usedCurrency |
Chinese legal tender under Japanese control
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Japanese military scrip in occupied China → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Chinese Nationalist reoccupation of Shanghai
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follows |
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Shanghai International Settlement (British participation)
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occupationEvent |
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Battle of Shanghai (1937)
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result |