(n) a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed, Syn. puppet state, pupet regime
[华北事变 / 華北事變, Huá běi shì biànㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ] North China incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China