they wanted buttsex.
oil and warm water of persian gulf !
Its not what they wanted to do it is what they to get back , because how China and Russia have lost their land back in WWI.So they wanted to get thier land back from what they have lost.
Afganistan is the way from Russia to India.
Access to oil.
Fossil Fuel.
Russia is famous for big lands. When Japan started to become westernatized, the Russian felt that japan was their competition. Therefore, it motivated RUssia to control Asia.
Well, China is the second largest country after Russia in Asia. Many things made in China are sent to the USA. China is a very famous country.
Both wanted an independent, self governing China, free from foreign influence.
Taiwan
Japan wanted to control China for land and natural resources. The Japanese thought they were the "superrace" and wanted other countries to fear them.
The city both want ed to control was Jerusalem.
Yes, in China you can live and sleep with whoever you want to as long as both sides are volunttary.