Tanggu Truce

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The Tanggu Truce was a 1933 ceasefire agreement between China and Japan that ended hostilities after Japan’s invasion of Manchuria and effectively ceded further Chinese territory to Japanese control.

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Tanggu Truce canonical 4
Tanggu Ceasefire Agreement 1
Tangku Truce 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armistice
bilateral treaty
ceasefire agreement
allowed Japan to consolidate control over Manchuria
Japan to consolidate control over Rehe
alsoKnownAs Tanggu Truce
surface form: Tanggu Ceasefire Agreement

Tanggu Truce
surface form: Tangku Truce
cededEffectiveControlOf Rehe to Japan
considered unequal treaty by many Chinese
contextOf interwar period in East Asia
created demilitarized zone in Hebei
demilitarized zone south of the Great Wall
criticizedBy Chinese communists
Chinese nationalists
dateSigned 1933-05-31
demilitarizedZoneAdministeredBy Chinese civilian authorities
demilitarizedZonePolicedBy collaborationist Chinese forces
durationOfEffect until 1937 full-scale war between China and Japan
endedConflict hostilities between China and Japan in Manchuria region
followedBy establishment of East Hebei Autonomous Council
increased Japanese influence in North China
involvedOrganization Imperial Japanese Army
National Revolutionary Army
language Chinese
Japanese
party Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Republic of China
permitted limited Chinese police forces in demilitarized zone
placeInHistory early stage of Japanese expansionism in China
precededBy Japanese occupation of Manchuria
Lytton Commission report
surface form: League of Nations Lytton Commission report
recognizedControlOf Japanese occupation of Manchuria
Manchukuo by Japan
relatedTo Defense of the Great Wall
surface form: Great Wall Campaign

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
restricted Chinese military presence in Hebei demilitarized zone
resultOf Japanese occupation of Manchuria
surface form: Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Invasion of Rehe
surface form: Japanese invasion of Rehe

Mukden Incident
signedBy Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Republic of China
signedIn Hebei
Republic of China
Port of Tanggu
surface form: Tanggu
signedUnderGovernmentOf Chiang Kai-shek
strengthened Japanese strategic position in North China
weakened Chinese sovereignty in North China

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North China Buffer Zone relatedTo Tanggu Truce
Tanggu Truce alsoKnownAs Tanggu Truce
this entity surface form: Tangku Truce
Tanggu Truce alsoKnownAs Tanggu Truce
this entity surface form: Tanggu Ceasefire Agreement
Great Wall War followedBy Tanggu Truce