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China and Japan’s erratic past can be traced back to the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894. This war ended a year later with the Treaty of Shimonoseki in which Japan forced China to cede Taiwan and to allow Korea to become an independent state. It was this initial clash that made the Second Sino-Japanese War a foreseeable event. Looking to expand its empire, Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China’s mainland in 1937. Japan’s occupation ended in 1945 when the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bringing an end to the Second World War on September 9, 1945. Japan officially surrendered all troops in China and returned Manchuria and Taiwan. Of all of the terrible atrocities that occurred during the war, the Nanjing Massacre stood out. This event hindered an alliance because each side was not willing to accept the other’s viewpoint or input. Hence, the massacre was so volatile because the event played a key role in Japanese and Chinese foreign and......

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