It also features more than 100 collectors’ seals, including those of Emperor Qianlong, Prince Gong (1833–1898) and his descent Puwei (1880–1936), a cousin of the last emperor Puyi.

Quickly, Japan established the puppet state of Manchukuo and by 1937, a major war with China erupted. Japan’s war with China further starved Tokyo’s war machine, which prompted it to seize ...

In 1931, Japan invaded northeast China (Manchuria) and created the Japanese colony of Manchukuo. In 1937, Japan invaded China, starting World War II in the Pacific region. Nobody thinks that Japan ...

The series, titled “Manshu Ahen Squad” (Manchuria opium squad), is running in Shukan Young Magazine, a manga weekly published by Kodansha Ltd. The story is set in Manchukuo, Japan’s 1932 ...

The United States and Japan need to work together to align their defense forces in the face of an increasingly assertive China, new U.S. Ambassador George Glass said upon his arrival in Tokyo on ...

The long years of occupation in Manchukuo and China since 1931 had allowed a racist virus to permeate the ranks of the army – and its rapid moral decline could be seen in the way it treated its ...

with some people comparing Russia’s incursions to Japan’s establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo. This pressure forced some Chinese mercenaries fighting for Russia to justify their ...

In the Western press, she was portrayed as something like the mother of all dragon ladies, and the impression remained long after she died in 1908, having appointed China’s last emperor ...

Image: Columbia Pictures. Oscar-winning films. Film (1987). In this historical epic, Bernardo Bertolucci brings his director’s eye to the life and times of Emperor Puyi, China’s eleventh and final ...

according to data from comprehensive asset management services provider Puyi Standard. In April, however, the Chinese bank wealth management market has shown signs of recovery. The scale of the ...

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