<span>c- attempting to put out a fire no matter the size this is not the job description of an ERC</span>

Manchuria rich in natural resources and sparsely populated had obvious advantages for a densely populated and resource-poor Japan. Amongst Manchuria's resources coveted by Japan were iron, coking coal, soybeans, salt and above all land, all severely lacking within the Japanese empire in 1930.
Democrats tend to be more open or reasonable on issues
Maintaining economic isolation. In this quotation, Emperor Lung saw no reason to allow Europeans to import their products into a self-sufficient China which was experiencing a favorable balance of trade at the time with European nations which demanded Chinese tea, porcelain, and silk.