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 China sends out laborers to aid  the allies (1916-1918)

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 China sends out laborers to aid  the allies (1916-1918)

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China wanting to help with the war effort asks the allies if they could send out soldiers to recoup the losses on the front line. Japan denies them, wanting to remain the only eastern countries sending soldiers. China is instead stuck with sending out laborers for the allies, because they can’t officially fight the central powers. These laborers dug trenches, repaired and maintained vehicles, and worked in factories manufacturing goods for the war.

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 China and Japan is invited to the Paris Peace Conference (1918)

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 China and Japan is invited to the Paris Peace Conference (1918)

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China and Japan are invited to the Paris Peace conference where they help delegate who gets most of the east. Both countries were only allowed one representative opposed to Britain and America,  who got more. Both countries join the league of nations, but only Japan signs the treaty of Versailles.

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 Article 156 Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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 Article 156 Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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Article 156 in the Treaty of Versailles  also known as the Shandong problem regarded an area of land Germany had taken from China that Japan had later taken back. China entered the war on the promise it would get this land back from the German empire. In agreement with Japan's 21 demands China had to give this land to Japan, infuriating many Chinese and American people. This area of land was the Shandong peninsula coining the name the Shandong problem. The reason the Chinese wanted this land so bad was because Confucius the famous philosopher  was born there.

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September first 11:58 1923, Kanto the earthquake struck main Japan island Honshu. This was the biggest earthquake in Japan, the total deaths was 140,000 plus another 44,000.

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In 1929-1931 Japan suffered greatly because of the great depression. As the depression spread it greatly affected Japan. This is because of the lack of natural resources in their land. They grew angry and their economy was failing. So they rallied together and started invading other countries.

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 The Great Depression in China (1930-1931)

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 The Great Depression in China (1930-1931)

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In China during the great depression, rural areas were making huge amounts of agricultural products such as rice which due to the massive amount where with almost nothing crashing China’s economy. Because agriculture was a big part of the economy at the time the effects of this were tremendous. To add to this because of fluctuating silver prices chinese currency lost a lot of value making goods even more expensive.

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This took place 1932 September 18.  The empire of Japan invaded Manchuria was possessed until 1945 by them. But than they lost to Russia and Russia gained that territory.

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July 7 1937 Japan invaded China. This was mainly to pursue natural resources, to fill growing industries in China.  By then Japan had controlled and taken western parts of China.

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Conflict between Japan and the United States. (1940) 

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Conflict between Japan and the United States. (1940) 

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In 1940 Japan was trying to conquer the world, the United States did not agree with this. So they cut off the supply of natural resources. Also Japan wanted to get more occupation of the ocean. So this ultimately led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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Axis alliance among rome, berlin, and tokyo is formed (1940)

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Axis alliance among rome, berlin, and tokyo is formed (1940)

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In Berlin, Germany, officials from Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the ten-year Tripartite Pact, a military alliance.