Japanese occupation of China

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historical event military occupation

The Japanese occupation of China was a prolonged period during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of Chinese territory, marked by widespread military aggression and atrocities against civilians.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event → military occupation →
appliesToJurisdiction	Republic of China →
causeOf	growth of Chinese Communist Party influence → large-scale civilian casualties in China → mass displacement of Chinese civilians → severe economic devastation in occupied regions → strengthening of Chinese nationalist sentiment → widespread war crimes in China →
country	Empire of Japan →
describedBySource	Allied military reports on the China theater → Chinese wartime records → Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal findings →
endTime	1945 →
followedBy	Chinese Civil War (resumed) →
hasPart	occupation of Beijing → occupation of Guangzhou → occupation of Hainan Island → occupation of Hong Kong → occupation of Manchuria → occupation of Nanjing → occupation of Shanghai → occupation of Taiwan under Japanese rule → occupation of Wuhan →
location	Central China NERFINISHED → China NERFINISHED → East China NERFINISHED → Manchuria → North China NERFINISHED → coastal China →
opponent	Allied forces in the China-Burma-India Theater → Chinese Communist forces → Chinese guerrilla resistance → National Revolutionary Army →
partOf	Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II in Asia →
precededBy	Mukden Incident →
result	Japanese surrender in 1945 → restoration of most Chinese territories to Chinese control →
significantEvent	Battle of Shanghai (1937) → Marco Polo Bridge Incident → Nanjing Massacre → Operation Ichi-Go → Second Battle of Changsha → Three Alls Policy → Unit 731 activities → Wuhan campaign → biological warfare experiments → bombing of Chongqing → comfort women system in China → massacres in Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign →
startTime	1931 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Japanese occupation of Guangzhou → Japanese occupation of North China → Japanese occupation of Shanghai → Mengjiang ("Japanese-occupied China") →	partOf
Japanese Central China Area Army commanders ("Japanese occupation of central China") →	associatedWith
Matsui Iwane ("Invasion of China") →	conflict
Japanese colonial empire →	hasPart
China Expeditionary Army ("Japanese-occupied China") →	operatedIn
Operation Kogo →	relatedTo
Manchuria ("Sino-Japanese conflicts") →	wasSiteOf