8. All of the following were targeted in the Cultural Revolution EXCEPT: A. intellectuals
B. teachers
C. poor peasants
D. landlords

The answers to the question are as follows:

1. B. Manchuria

2. C. Nanjing

3. A. Disadvantage

Explanation:

1. B. Manchuria

Manchuria was made with the sole purpose of having the part of China as an excuse to capture to secure key resources.

2. C. Nanjing

Nanjing was the capital of China that was seized by the Japanese who massacred more than 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war. It was one of the worst war crimes in history.

3. A. Disadvantage

Japan wanted a new order in which it was at the economic center of the east and not any other emerging nation of the region.