North China Political Council

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The North China Political Council or North China Political Affairs Commission (Chinese: 華北政務委員會; pinyin: Huáběi Zhèngwù Wěiyuánhuì; Japanese: 華北政務委員会), sometimes known as the Beijing regime, was an autonomous region under the Wang Jingwei regime that existed during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Formed on 30 March 1940, it succeeded the Provisional Government of the Republic of China when that regime was merged into the newly established Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China led by Wang Jingwei in Nanjing. The council was a puppet administration of Japan, operating under the direct supervision of the Japanese North China Area Army.

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