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 | | The Kuomintang government retreated first to Hankow and then to Chungking, while the Japanese set up a puppet government at Nanking, headed by Wang Jingwei. |
 | | Despite U.S. aid, the Kuomintang were overcome by the Soviet-supported Communists, and Chiang and his followers were forced to flee the mainland, establishing a government-in-exile on the island of Formosa (Taiwan). |
 | | Relations further deteriorated in May, when Wu Yi, China's vice-premier, shunned Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi during a brief visit to Japan that was intended to mend relations. |
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