Hopei–Chahar region
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The Hopei–Chahar region was a historically significant area in northern China encompassing parts of modern Hebei and Inner Mongolia that became a focal point of Japanese military and political control in the 1930s.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geopolitical region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Japanese puppet and autonomous regimes in North China ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Manchuria
ⓘ
surface form:
Manchuria region
|
| conflictContext |
Japanese expansion in North China
ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino–Japanese War
|
| controlledBy |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature | part of North China Plain and steppe transition zone ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | area of contested sovereignty between Japan and Republic of China ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern China ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hebei
ⓘ
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form:
Inner Mongolia
|
| politicalRole | base area for Japanese influence operations in North China ⓘ |
| significance |
focal point of Japanese military control in North China
ⓘ
focal point of Japanese political control in North China ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
buffer zone between Japanese-controlled Manchuria and the rest of China
ⓘ
gateway to Beijing and North China Plain ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
interwar period
ⓘ
pre–World War II era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Japanese political experiments in autonomous regional governments
ⓘ
consolidation of Japanese influence in North China ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.