Japanese Invasion of China

Following the creation of a Chinese central government in Nanking, 30 March 1940, under Japanese control, a national flag was adopted by the pro-Japanese government of China. It consisted of the five stripes (red over yellow over blue over white over black) with a flame in the centre with the words "Peace, Reconstruction, Anticommunism" (in Chinese characters).
Jaume Ollé, 6 July 1996

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This is the flag of the second pro-Japanese government of Nanking which was raised in 1941 or 1942 after the first one fell. The Japanese deliberately chose to confuse minds about the true authority with this Chinese looking flag.
Philippe Bondurand, 6 December 1997

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The pro-Japanese government led by Wang Jing-wei in Chung-ching around March, 1940, adopted a flag. It consisted of a blue sky, white son and a red field, with a yellow pennant attached. Six words, in Chinese, appeared on the flag: "Peace, anti-communism, save the country." The Chinese characters were dropped on February 5, 1943 because of the appearance.

There were several other pro-Japanese governments set up by the Japanese occupational troops. The first was in Beijiing. They adopted the five color flag, and used a different national anthem. It was later changed to the flag used in Chung-ching, currently used in Taiwan.
Michael Yuh-horng Wang, 13 January 1997

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Prior to World War II, the Japanese set up a puppet state in Hopei. The flag used was the Chines