When they invaded China in 1931 and established the “false state” of Manchukuo, Japan placed him back on the throne as a puppet emperor. But when Japan lost the second world war, Puyi was ...

Manchukuo was a puppet state established in large part by the Imperial Japanese Army about a century ago. Recent research has uncovered the dark side of Manchukuo and the huge influence played by ...

This program reveals the unorthodox life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, through the use of rare footage from the period. Puyi's story, set against the immense luxury of the Chinese nobility ...