AdvertisementOpinionOpinion: In Search Of Historical Parallels For China's RiseOctober 15, 2018Alexis DuddenJeffrey WasserstromfacebookEmailJapanese troops enter Manchuria in 1933. Tokyo sent soldiers and settlers to Manchuria and exerted direct and indirect influence there. Japanese official publications treated Manchuria's people much in the same way as China's Xinhua News Agency now treats those of Xinjiang and Tibet. (UIG via Getty Images)