Question: How did the Japanese win the country to which control was expanded during the Manchu Dynasty by an Asian country home to many Muslims?

<P0-S0> About 15% of Muslims reside in Sub-Saharan Africa, and sizeable Muslim communities are also found in the Americas, China, Russia, and Europe.Western Europe hosts many Muslim immigrant communities where Islam is the second-largest religion after Christianity, where it represents 6% of the total population or 24 million people. <P0-S1> Converts and immigrant communities are found in almost every part of the world. <SEP> <P1-S0> Qing China reached its largest extent during the 18th century, when it ruled China proper (eighteen provinces) as well as the areas of present-day Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Outer Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet, at approximately 13 million km2 in size. <P1-S1> There were originally 18 provinces, all of which in China proper, but later this number was increased to 22, with Manchuria and Xinjiang being divided or turned into provinces. <P1-S2> Taiwan, originally part of Fujian province, became a province of its own in the late 19th century, but was ceded to the Empire of Japan in 1895 following the First Sino-Japanese War. <P1-S3> In addition, many surrounding countries, such as Korea (Joseon dynasty), Vietnam frequently paid tribute to China during much of this period. <P1-S4> Khanate of Kokand were forced to submit as protectorate and pay tribute to the Qing dynasty in China between 1774 and 1798. <SEP> <P2-S0> many of his roles are caricatured east asians with heavy accents, though he does not speak japanese. <P2-S1> jason buchanan wrote for allmovie, ``the character that gedde watanabe is most remembered for is long duk dong, the clumsy foreign exchange student in (the 1984 film) sixteen candles, ''a role decried by some asian - american groups as`` stereotypical, racist and part of a long history of hollywood's offensive depictions of asian men.'' <P2-S2> ``i was making people laugh. <P2-S3> i did n't realize how it was going to affect people, ''watanabe said in 2008.`` it took me a while to understand that. <P2-S4> in fact, i was working at the metropolitan museum of art, and i was accosted a couple of times by a couple of women who were just really irate and angry. <P2-S5> they asked, 'how could you do a role like that?' <P2-S6> but it's funny, too, because at the same time i laugh at the character. <P2-S7> it's an odd animal.'' <SEP> <P3-S0> During the Qianlong reign (1735 -- 96) the dynasty reached its apogee but then began its initial decline in prosperity and imperial control. <P3-S1> The population rose to some 400 million, but taxes and government revenues were fixed at a low rate, virtually guaranteeing eventual fiscal crisis. <P3-S2> Corruption set in, rebels tested government legitimacy, and ruling elites failed to change their mindsets in the face of changes in the world system. <P3-S3> Following the Opium War, European powers imposed unequal treaties, free trade, extraterritoriality and treaty ports under foreign control. <P3-S4> The Taiping Rebellion (1850 -- 64) and the Dungan Revolt (1862 -- 77) in Central Asia led to the deaths of some 20 million people, most of them due to famines caused by war. <P3-S5> In spite of these disasters, in the Tongzhi Restoration of the 1860s, Han Chinese elites rallied to the defense of the Confucian order and the Qing rulers. <P3-S6> The initial gains in the Self - Strengthening Movement were destroyed in the First Sino - Japanese War of 1895, in which the Qing lost its influence over Korea and the possession of Taiwan. <P3-S7> New Armies were organized, but the ambitious Hundred Days' Reform of 1898 was turned back in a coup by Empress Dowager Cixi, a conservative leader. <P3-S8> When the Scramble for Concessions by foreign powers triggered the violently anti-foreign Yihetuan (``Boxers ''), the foreign powers invaded China, Cixi declared war on them, leading to defeat and the flight of the Imperial Court to Xi'an. <SEP> <P4-S0> outside japan, different societies use widely different timeframes in defining japanese war crimes. <P4-S1> for example, the annexation of korea by japan in 1910 was enforced by the japanese military, and the society of yi dynasty korea was switched to the political system of the empire of japan. <P4-S2> thus, north and south korea refer to "japanese war crimes" as events occurring during the period of korea under japanese rule.by comparison, the western allies did not come into military conflict with japan until 1941, and north americans, australians, south east asians and europeans may consider "japanese war crimes" to be events that occurred in 1942–1945.japanese war crimes were not always carried out by ethnic japanese personnel. <P4-S3> a small minority of people in every asian and pacific country invaded or occupied by japan collaborated with the japanese military, or even served in it, for a wide variety of reasons, such as economic hardship, coercion, or antipathy to other imperialist powers.japan's sovereignty over korea and formosa (taiwan), in the first half of the 20th century, was recognized by international agreements—the treaty of shimonoseki (1895) and the japan–korea annexation treaty (1910)—and they were considered at the time to be integral parts of the japanese empire. <P4-S4> under the international law of today, there is a possibility the japan-korea annexation treaty was illegal, as the native populations were not consulted, there was armed resistance to japan's annexations, and war crimes may also have been committed during the civil wars.