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Flag used by
Japanese puppet
states of Beijing and
Hopei. This flag is
found on cups and
bottles.

CHINA

Superb, very rare Dragon Flag cup. I think
this flag was used in the 1890s.

SHI-NA JI-HEN
China Incident

NICHI-SHI JI-HEN
same as China Incident
This phrase also includes Japan (the first character stands
for Japan). This phrase, though rarely used, is found once in
a while on cups and other commemorative items.

Another phrase using the old character for China. The
second character means COUNTRY here. Read shinkoku
in Japanese. Dates from the Sino-Japan War of 1894-5
when this kanji was used for China.

Northern Manchuria

Taiwan

'China' in modern Japanese is CHUGOKU, but that use only began after WW2. The word SHI-NA was used for
China from the middle of the Edo period up to 1945. Now the word SHI-NA carries negative connotations and
you won't see it around often.

The word JI-HEN is translated as Incident. Even though Japan was at full war with China, this phrase was
used to soften the international views of the conflict. So SHI-NA JI-HEN refers to the conflict between Japan
and China from 1932 to 1945.

Shanghai

Shanghai Incident

Jinan Incident (also called the May
3rd Incident). These two kanji read
JI-NAN. Note that this incident, which
happened in 1928, was short and
only a few soldiers were involved, so
cups like this are scarce.

Northern China. The second character here is the old kanji for China,
most often used at the turn of the century. I have a cup dated 1900 with
this phrase, which indicates that it refers to the Boxer Rebellion.

However, when combined with the compound for 'Incident' (JIHEN) it
could also refer to the China Incident. It was only used for two months
(Sept. / Oct. 1937) and then the name of the Incident was officially
changed to the above-mentioned SHINA JIHEN.