Great Game in East Asia

Target entity: Great Game in East Asia
Context triple: [Russian lease of Liaodong Peninsula, partOf, Great Game in East Asia]

• A. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
  The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was Imperial Japan’s World War II-era vision and political bloc for a Japan-led, self-sufficient Asian empire that in practice served as a framework for Japanese military expansion and domination.
• B. South-East Asian Theatre
  The South-East Asian Theatre was a major World War II combat zone encompassing campaigns across Burma, Malaya, Singapore, and surrounding regions involving Allied and Japanese forces.
• C. Mongol wars in Southeast Asia
  The Mongol wars in Southeast Asia were a series of 13th- and 14th-century military campaigns by the Mongol Empire and its successors to conquer kingdoms such as Vietnam, Burma, and Java, which largely resisted or repelled these invasions.
• D. Imjin War
  The Imjin War was a late 16th-century conflict in which Japan invaded Korea, drawing in Ming China and resulting in large-scale battles across the Korean Peninsula and surrounding seas.
• E. Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia
  The Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia was a rapid World War II campaign in which Imperial Japan seized key European colonial territories across the region to secure resources and strategic dominance.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Great Game in East Asia
Target entity description: The Great Game in East Asia refers to the late 19th- and early 20th-century strategic rivalry among imperial powers—especially Russia, Japan, and China—for influence, territory, and naval dominance in Northeast Asia.

• A. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
  The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was Imperial Japan’s World War II-era vision and political bloc for a Japan-led, self-sufficient Asian empire that in practice served as a framework for Japanese military expansion and domination.
• B. South-East Asian Theatre
  The South-East Asian Theatre was a major World War II combat zone encompassing campaigns across Burma, Malaya, Singapore, and surrounding regions involving Allied and Japanese forces.
• C. Mongol wars in Southeast Asia
  The Mongol wars in Southeast Asia were a series of 13th- and 14th-century military campaigns by the Mongol Empire and its successors to conquer kingdoms such as Vietnam, Burma, and Java, which largely resisted or repelled these invasions.
• D. Imjin War
  The Imjin War was a late 16th-century conflict in which Japan invaded Korea, drawing in Ming China and resulting in large-scale battles across the Korean Peninsula and surrounding seas.
• E. Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia
  The Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia was a rapid World War II campaign in which Imperial Japan seized key European colonial territories across the region to secure resources and strategic dominance.
• F. None of above. chosen