Manchuria (China)

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Second World War Japanese puppet State in Manchuria
(1934-1945)

by mark sensen 26-JUN-1996

In the 30ies and 40ies great parts of China were occupied by the Japanese. During this time several "puppet states" have been established. Manchuria or Manzhouguo (this is the "official" transcription of Chinese used in the PRC, in English it is often written Manchukuo), located in northeast China. It existed between 1932 and 1945. Officially it was an empire under the last Chinese emperor Puyi who used here the name Kangde.
harald mueller 11-DEC-1995

The flag: a yellow field (symbolizing unification), with four horizontal stripes in the upper *right* corner: red (bravery), blue (justice), white (purity) and black (determination).
bruce tindall 9-DEC-1995

It's interesting that the Manchukuo flag is the Chinese republican one with the yellow taken out and turned into the field. All the references I've seen gave red as being for the Han Chinese. The usual interpretation from the Smith book quoted gives yellow as representing the Manchurians, which would explain its promotion in the Manchukuo flag.
roy stilling 9-DEC-1995

The state ensign is the same except that instead of a canton the stripes cover the top 1/3(+/-) of the flag.
nathan augustine 5-DEC-1995

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