T'ang,Leang-Li. (ed.). — The puppet state of "Manchukuo."
Shanghai, China United Press, 1935. VIII,278 pp. 1 large folding b./w. map. Orig. hardcover (cloth), d./j. - Dust jacket discol. & sl. worn. (China to-day series, 4). Manchukuo, officially the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of (Great) Manchuria after 1934, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic in 1932 after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and in 1934 it became a constitutional monarchy under the de facto control of Japan. It had limited international recognition.