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How much of Shanghai’s textile capacity had Japan controlled before the Second Sino-Japanese War?
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Prior to the second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), Japan had gained control over approximately half of Shanghai’s yarn-spinning and textile-weaving capacity.1