As a result of the collapse of the German empire and Japan's moves to replace Germany in Asia and the Pacific, what country became the protector of China and the counterbalance to Japanese expansion?

A. Great Britain

B. Weimar Republic

C. United States

D. France

Question

As a result of the collapse of the German empire and Japan's moves to replace Germany in Asia and the Pacific, what country became the protector of China and the counterbalance to Japanese expansion?

A. Great Britain

B. Weimar Republic

C. United States

D. France

anonymous · Answer

A.

anonymous · Answer

Unlike Germany, Japan did not wage war down to the very last soldier. Japan 
surrendered, leaving most of its armed forces stationed in China or South East Asia intact. 
And since the surrender was earlier than the  United States had expected, there were no 
evident lines of division and occupation as was the case in Europe. There were vast regions 
that experienced a power vacuum (mainly China and Korea), and, penetrating this vacuum, 
warfare occurred among major powers. A civil war started in China between the Chinese 
Nationalist Party (Kuomingtang, KMT) and  the Communist Party  (CCP). From this 
instability, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), ruled by the CCP and which was fairly 
independent from the Soviet Union, emerged.