Word: puppetized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wang Ching-wei, prospective head of the "all-the-People" puppet Government of China, a Japanese tool with combined Japanese Army-Government approval freshly stamped on his forehead, sent a wordy telegram to the Generalissimo. He proposed discussions "with a view toward securing nationwide peace on a basis of honor and justice and to facilitate the solution of such problems as the total withdrawal of Japanese troops from China. ... I am sending this message from my inner heart." Terms of the pact: Chinese recognition of Manchukuo; North China and Mongolia to be a "special zone for defense and economic development...
...Generalissimo's answer: phooey. The Chinese Government recognized the Japanese accent in Wang's polite phrases, and the semi-official Chungking newspaper Ta Kung Pao retorted: "Even if you can arrange a puppet reign, Wang, can you stand a single blow from our iron fist...
Next, establishment of the Wang Ching-wei puppetry was again postponed. Puppet-elect Wang's "final" terms had been accepted by Army, China Affairs Board and tottering Cabinet, but the defection of Chinese support for the regime, and political troubles in Japan, meant new delays...