Resisting Japan’s North China Buffer State Strategy in 1936 – Water Hoses Used on Student Rioters

Japan’s attempt, begun in 1935, to detach the whole of North China into a pro-Tokyo buffer state was met with anger and protest in Peiping (as Peking then officially was) in early 1936. More on the North China Buffer State Strategy here (I haven’t got the time to run through the whole thing). Anyway, here in pictures is how the Peiping Police reacted to student protests against Tokyo’s attempted annexation in January 1936. Think how cold a Beijing January is and how cold that was! In this instance students got the best of the cops and managed to turn the cold water hoses on them….