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In the 30ies and 40ies great parts of China were occupied by the Japanese.
During this time several "puppet states" have been established.
Manchuria or Manzhouguo (this is the "official" transcription of
Chinese used in the PRC, in English it is often written Manchukuo), located in northeast China. It
existed between 1932 and 1945. Officially it was an empire under the last
Chinese emperor Puyi who used here the name Kangde.
Harald Müller, 11 December 1995
The flag: a yellow field (symbolizing unification), with four horizontal
stripes in the upper right corner: red (bravery), blue
(justice), white (purity) and black (determination).
Bruce Tindall, 09 December 1995
It's interesting that the Manchukuo flag is the Chinese republican one with
the yellow taken out and turned into the field. All the references I've seen
gave red as being for the Han Chinese. The usual interpretation from the Smith
book quoted gives yellow as representing the Manchurians, which would explain
its promotion in the Manchukuo flag.
roy stilling, 1995-December-09
The state ensign is the same except that instead of a canton the stripes
cover the top 1/3(+/-) of the flag.
Nathan Augustine, 05 December 1995
I've seen another Mandchukuo flag. It was a plain yellow flag with a gold
"orchid" flower (in French "orchidée") in its center.
Maybe it was the imperial flag of Emperor Kangte?
Jerome, 06 December 1997
There are plenty flag related interesting things on that period to read in a book called "Chinese Civil Wars 1911-1949" edited by Osprey in the collection "Men at Arms", number 306.
Well, I don't know about that book by Osprey, but I have a book called Flags of All Nations by Smith & Taylor, 1947. This book shows the flag of Manchukuo in color. The flag's field is a mustard-color yellow. The text description calls the field yellow. I would call it mustard color (European mustard, not American, which is real