<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>: Japan declares <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nanjing">Nanking</a> capital of a new <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reorganized_National_Government_of_the_Republic_of_China" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China">Chinese puppet government</a>, nominally controlled by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jingwei" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wang Jingwei">Wang Jingwei</a>.