Triple

Target entity: Sino-Japanese conflict
Context triple: [Republican era, significantProcess, Sino-Japanese conflict]

• A. Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) chosen
  The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a major conflict between China and Japan that became one of the largest and bloodiest theaters of World War II in East Asia.
• B. First Sino-Japanese War
  The First Sino-Japanese War was an 1894–1895 conflict between Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan that marked Japan’s emergence as a major regional power and led to Chinese territorial losses, including Taiwan.
• C. Chinese Civil War
  The Chinese Civil War was a protracted conflict (primarily between the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party) that reshaped China’s political landscape and led to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
• D. Japanese invasion of South China
  The Japanese invasion of South China was a major World War II military campaign in which Imperial Japan advanced into and seized key southern Chinese regions, including Guangdong and Guangxi, to secure strategic ports and resources and to weaken Chinese resistance.
• E. Japanese occupation of China
  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.
• F. None of above.
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.