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The Curse of the Past: Manchukuo and the Han-Manchu Relationship

Chengxi LiNortheast Yucai School, Gaogong Road 2, Shenyang, Liaoning*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

Historians have conducted extensive research on Japan after World War Two. This study analyzes the Japanese aggression in Manchuria and its rationales in creating a “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.” It explores the ways in which the establishment of Manchukuo shape the relations between Han and Manchu Chinese in contemporary China. The analysis is based on multifarious sources, including newspapers in the twentieth century that recorded the history of Manchukuo and findings by authoritative researchers on East Asia. This study sheds light on the status of the Manchu Chinese, who have almost been assimilated into the overwhelming Han majority.

Keywords: Japan; Manchukuo; Manchu; identity; expansion
Published: February 28, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/2/20220445
Volume: CHR Vol.2
pp. 140-144
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