How did the Japanese react to the civil war in China?

Answer:
They tried to take advantage of the internal weak state that china was in and invaded china. However, the two chinese sides (nationalists and communists) generally united together to fight the common japanese enemy, and as a result created heavy resistance that slowed japanese advances and also kept japanese troops away from other pacific battles.
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