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32 - Imperial Japan pt. 3 - China: Shanghai, Nanking, Iris Chang, and Golden Lily

Programmed to Chill

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The Hanghai Invasion

Shanghai was like the gambling capital of the world, bringing in over one million a week in 19 thirties currency. The japanese ran drugs, alcohol prostitution, gambling, smuggling and other related rackets there. They would confiscate opium then give it directly to china's local government. For this inter war period, everyone was getting rich except the average chinese person.

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