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They controlled Plantations, Banks, and Railroads, so your answer would be D.) All of the above.
Maybe they were less but they had more better training
The correct answer is “economic exploitation of its neighbors”
To avoid European influence, Japan invaded China with cruel violence and took advantage of the Chinese weak situation to fulfill their power ambitions in Asia. China was a place rich with the metal such as iron and coal and because of that, it was an area of interest to Japan.
With this, Japan gained raw materials and lands and the security of the country, later China had a long growth with Japanese rule. Chinese people, on the other hand, suffered a lot on the hands of the Japanese and some parts of culture collapsed.
