The Mantetsu Employee Association(MEA)was a complex organization with various platforms,whose importance had not been acknowledged at the beginning of its establishment.After the outbreak of the Mukden Incident,MEA pu...The Mantetsu Employee Association(MEA)was a complex organization with various platforms,whose importance had not been acknowledged at the beginning of its establishment.After the outbreak of the Mukden Incident,MEA published two“Proclamations,”blatantly boasting of the“triumph”of Japanese invasion.Its members directly took part in military actions of the Kwantung Army,assisted the Kwantung Army with invasion,and performed actively in plotting the illegal establishment of Manchukuo.After Japan’s occupation of Northeast China,MEA regularly organized grand memorial activities to the Incident,so as to strengthen the consolidation of“Japanese in Manchuria.”MEA was an important force in Japan’s colonization of Northeast China,which endeavored to support Japan’s colonial rule in the region.展开更多
文摘The Mantetsu Employee Association(MEA)was a complex organization with various platforms,whose importance had not been acknowledged at the beginning of its establishment.After the outbreak of the Mukden Incident,MEA published two“Proclamations,”blatantly boasting of the“triumph”of Japanese invasion.Its members directly took part in military actions of the Kwantung Army,assisted the Kwantung Army with invasion,and performed actively in plotting the illegal establishment of Manchukuo.After Japan’s occupation of Northeast China,MEA regularly organized grand memorial activities to the Incident,so as to strengthen the consolidation of“Japanese in Manchuria.”MEA was an important force in Japan’s colonization of Northeast China,which endeavored to support Japan’s colonial rule in the region.
