I think it is political and corporate corruption
<span>They wanted to expand their empires by acquiring more land. </span>
Louis XVI's policy of not raising taxes and taking out international loans, including to fund the American Revolution, increased France's debt, setting in motion the French Revolution.
In September 1931, they claimed Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army (which had just executed a Japanese spy) The Chinese army did not fight back because it knew that the Japanese were just wanted an excuse to invade Manchuria
