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The attraction of Manchuria "a lifeline" (Security: buffer to…
The attraction of Manchuria "a lifeline"
Raw materials: coal, iron, timber
Although Jiang was reluctant to confront Japan directly, the Chinese people responded with fury at Japan´s actions. There was a boycott of Japanese products, which had an impact on Japan as it reduced sales of its good in China by two-thirds.
Four times largar than Japan
Following the bombing of Shanghai and Japan´s continued expansion in the north, China continued to cede territory.
Jihang´s strategy against Japan derived from his belief that, given the size of China, Japan would exhaust itself in the process of trying to occupy it.
He believed that the Japanese "were a disease of the skin while the communist were a disease of the heart"; thus, he considered "selling space to buy time", a visible strategy.
Markets to help withstand impact of global depression
In the 1930´s a market deterioration in relations between Japan on the one hand and the USA and Britain on the other hand.
The West´s response to the Manchurian Crisis in 1931 was rather cautious, nevertheless, its condemnation of Japan for using force caused Japan to leave the League of Nations
Within Japan, the League of Nations, international law and the West were attacked not only by the military but also by politicians.
Living space for Japan´s population
Following the Manchuria crisis there was little hope that the government would regain the upper hand. Indeed, the Japanese government´s position was further undermined by public support for Kwantung Army actions in China.
A group of Kwantung Army officers hatched a plot to seize Manchuria once and for all, against the policies of their own government. Prime Minsiter Wakatsuki was warned of the plan by Japanese consul officials in Manchuria. He informed the emperor, who ordered the minster of war, General Minami, to restrain the Kwantung Army.
Security: buffer to Russia
The military gained more power in the 1930s there was a degree of admiration within Japan for Nazi Germany, which had also walked out of the League of Nations.
In contrast, the new soviet communist regime was both an ideological and a territorial threat to Japan, with its interest in Manchuria.
By the 1930´s the Japanese viewed the Soviets communist regime was both an ideological and a territorial threat to Japan, with its interest in Manchuria.
By the 1930´s the Japanese viewed the soviets as their key penitential opponent in the region.
Increasingly concerned by the relationship between, China and the Soviet Union, Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Nazi Germany in November 1936.