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So I was reading something about how both the Qing and the Yuan dynasties were created by people from other countries invading China and claiming the Mandate of Heaven, and I had an idea. I wondered what could have happened if Imperial Japan, upon invading China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, attempted too claim the Mandate of Heaven to justify their invasion. Although I know this is a relatively unlikely scenario, I still wonder what kind of effects would this have, and what could have caused such a scenario too begin with?
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