Second Sino-Japanese war...what events lead up to it?

Question

I am not looking for the conflict in the previous war.

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War
Japan had major plans to invade and take over China. This started in the early 30's but began in earnest in 1937. The conflict then became involved in WW II . An interesting children's book written by an American airman, Meindert de Yong, is a fictional account of American effort to help China . This is based on his own experience of his barracks in China adopting a lost Chinese boy. The title is House of Sixty Fathers.

Answer 2

Japan is Sino. You are referring to the Russo-Sinese wars at the turn of the 19 century. Look it up on wikipedia.org