It was nominally led by Puyi, the last emperor of China’s Qing dynasty, but ruled by the Japanese military. Manchukuo existed until the end of World War II in 1945. While the Japanese forces ...

The ‘Western-centric’ view of events plays down the role of Chinese forces in defeating fascism, one observer says.

Investment in regional projects is allowing China to expand its influence in the South Pacific at the U.S.'s expense, ...

Newly uncovered documents confirm Japan's ambition to develop biological weapons during the Pacific War. The infamous Unit ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

World War II, and the full-scale Japanese invasion of China in 1937 that preceded the start of the conflict in 1939, is a touchy historical subject in both China and Taiwan. The Chinese government ...