The 1st Sino-Japanese War was 1894-1895. The 2nd Sino-Japanese War was the 1930's (1931, or 1933, or 1937, depending upon which history book you're reading).
Much of China's coast was occupied, and the KMT nationalists were unable/unwilling to stop them so had to retreat further inland. This puts vast amounts of China's resources in and the majority of...
Japanese control over specific regions in China and battle experience with contemporary technology/tactics, during the Sino-Japanese War. Japanese control over Korea and surrounding areas, with...