Free China (Second Sino-Japanese War)

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Free China
The extent of Japanese control of China as of 1940. The area in white constitutes "Free China".
Traditional Chinese	中華民國自由地區
Simplified Chinese	中华民国自由地区
Literal meaning	Free Area of the Republic of China (full form used only occasionally)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zìyóu Dìqū Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄩ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jonghwa Min'gwo Tzyh'you Dihchiu Wade–Giles Chung¹-hua² Min²-kuo² Tzŭ⁴-yu² Ti⁴-chü¹ Tongyong Pinyin Jhonghuá Mínguó Zìhyóu Dìcyu MPS2 Jūnghuá Mínguó Tz̀yóu Dìchiū Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Chûng-fà Mìn-koet Chhṳ-yù Thi-khî Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Chū-iû Tē-khu Tâi-lô Tiong-hûa Bîn-kok Tsū-iû Tē-khu Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Dṳ̆ng-huà Mìng-guók Cê̤ṳ-iù Dê-kṳ̆
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	國統區
Simplified Chinese	国统区
Literal meaning	Kuomintang-controlled area
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guótǒngqū Wade–Giles Kuo2-tʻung3-chʻü1

The term Free China, in the context of the Second Sino-Japanese War, refers to those areas of China not under the control of the Imperial Japanese Army or any of its puppet governments, such as Manchukuo, the Mengjiang government in Suiyuan and Chahar, or the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in Beiping. The term came into more frequent use after the Battle of Nanking, when Chiang Kai-shek evacuated the government of the Republic of China to Chungking (modern Chongqing). It was also sometimes referred to as the Chungking Government or simply "Chungking,"^[1] such as in the surrender speech of Hirohito to the Japanese military.^[2][3]