More Trouble in the Peking Badlands – May 1936

A tantalizingly brief article on trouble in the Peking Badlands from May 1936. Problems began when a Japanese army officer was discovered dead outside a cabaret. Of course the Chinese were worried that the Japanese would use this as an excuse to stage an “incident” as a prelude to attacking the city – they did in July 1937 at the Marco Polo Bridge. Clearly more likely that the Manchukuo Army officer was down on leave from Manchuria and decided to sample the nightlife at some newly opened joint and got himself stabbed…who knows?