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Wang Jingwei regime
Origins
Wang Jingwei, a close associate of Sun Yat-sen and rival of Chiang Kai-shek, believed China could not win the war against Japan. He fled Chongqing in December 1938 and, after negotiations with Japan, inaugurated a 'reorganised' National Government at Nanjing on 30 March 1940, absorbing the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the Reformed Government of the Republic of China.
Rule and society
The regime used the name, flag and symbols of the Nationalist government, claiming to be its legitimate continuation. Japan recognised it in 1940, and in 1943 it declared war on Britain and the United States and took over the Shanghai International Settlement and the Shanghai French Concession. In practice Japanese armies controlled it, and Wang's officials, among them Chen Gongbo and Zhou Fohai, had limited room for action.
Decline and legacy
Wang Jingwei died in Japan in November 1944, and Chen Gongbo succeeded him. The regime dissolved after Japan surrendered in August 1945. Its leaders were tried as traitors, and Chen Gongbo was executed in 1946.
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- Mengjiang was part of Wang Jingwei regime1940 CE – 1945 CE
- Wang Jingwei regime was a vassal of Empire of Japan1940 CE – 1945 CE
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