Editing Puppet state (section)

===== In China =====
* {{Flagicon|Manchukuo}} [[Manchukuo]] (1932–1945) – Set up in [[Manchuria]] under the leadership of the last [[Emperor of China|Chinese Emperor]], [[Puyi]]<ref>Jowett, Phillip S., ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria,'' 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England, pp. 7–36.</ref>
* {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_Jinbei.svg}} [[North Shanxi Autonomous Government]] (1937–1939) – Formed in northern Shanxi with its capital at [[Datong]] on October 15, 1937. The state was then merged into Mengjiang along with the South Chahar Autonomous Government and the [[Mongol United Autonomous Government]].
* {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_Chanan.svg}} [[South Chahar Autonomous Government]] (1937–1939) – Formed in South Chahar with its capital at Kalgan (modern day [[Zhangjiakou]]) on September 4, 1937. The state was merged with the North Shanxi Autonomous Government as well as the Mongol United Autonomous Government to create Mengjiang.
* {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_Mongol_Military_Government_(1936-1937).svg}} Mongol Military Government (1936–1937) and Mongol United Autonomous Government (1937–1939) – Established in Inner Mongolia as puppet states with local collaborators. This state formed the large basis of what was to become Mengjiang.
* {{Flagicon|Mengjiang}} [[Mengjiang]] (1936–1945) – Set up in [[Inner Mongolia]] on May 12, 1936, as the Mongol Military Government was renamed in October 1937 as the Mongol United Autonomous Government. On September 1, 1939, the predominantly [[Han Chinese]] governments of the South Chahar and North Shanxi Autonomous Governments were merged with the Mongol Autonomous Government, creating the new Mengjiang United Autonomous Government. All of these were headed by [[Demchugdongrub|De Wang]].<ref>Jowett, Phillip S., ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria,'' 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England, pp. 49–57, 88–89.</ref>
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of China (1912–1928).svg}} [[East Hebei Autonomous Government|East Hebei Autonomous Council]] (1935–1938) – A state in [[northeast China]]
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Great Way Municipal Government of Shanghai.svg}} [[Great Way Government|Great Way (Dadao) Government]] (1937–1938) – A short-lived regime based in [[Shanghai]]. This provisional government was established as a preliminary collaboration state as the Japanese took control of all of Shanghai and advanced towards [[Nanjing]]. This was then merged with the Reformed Government of China as well as the Provisional Government of China into the Reorganised Nationalist Government of the Republic of China under the leadership of [[Wang Jingwei]].
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of China (1912–1928).svg}} [[Reformed Government of the Republic of China]] (1938–1940) – First regime established in Nanjing after the [[Battle of Nanking|Battle of Nanjing]]. Later fused into the Provisional Government of China
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of China (1912–1928).svg}} [[Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1937–1940)|Provisional Government of China]] (1937–1940) – Incorporated into the Nanjing Nationalist Government on March 30, 1940<ref>Jowett, Phillip S., ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria,'' 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England, pp. 44–47, 85–87.</ref>
* [[File:Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction).svg|23px]] [[Wang Jingwei regime|Reorganised Nationalist Government of the Republic of China]] (1940–1945) – Established in Nanjing under the leadership of Wang Jingwei<ref>Jowett, Phillip S., ''Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria,'' 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England, pp. 63–89.</ref>