12) Yingkou. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...S Liaoning prov., China, on the Liao River near its mouth on the Bohai. It is on the South Manchurian RR in an area producing rice, cotton, and oakleaf silk. It has...

13) Mongolia, region, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...sq km), bordered roughly by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the west; the Manchurian provinces of China on the east; Siberia on the north; and the Great...

14) 1937-45. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...declaration of war until 1941. The conflict had long been in the offing, at least since the Manchurian Incident of 1931. Most Japanese historians date the beginning...

15) 1926-89. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Taisho period, a sudden and sharp militaristic and imperialistic reaction set in after the Manchurian Incident (Sept. 18, 1931). There was a partial repudiation of...

16) Inukai, Ki. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...party in 1929 and was prime minister from Jan. to May, 1932. His cabinet sanctioned the Manchurian Incident of 1931. His assassination in May, 1932, increased army...

17) 1931-32. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...off an explosion on a nearby rail line and alleged it to be the work of Chinese forces-the Manchurian Incident. With this excuse, they commenced a preconcerted seizure...

18) steppe. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...SE European and Central Asian Russia, stretching E to the Altai and S to the Transbaykal and Manchurian plains. The term is sometimes applied to the corresponding...

19) Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...which brought the Bolsheviks to power, and saw action against the Japanese on the Manchurian border (1938-39) and in the Finnish-Russian War. Promoted to full general...

20) Katayama, Tetsu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mass party. He was forced to retire from prewar politics because of his opposition to the Manchurian Incident. After World War II he reentered politics as president...