 In Chinese literature it is known as the "January 28 incident" (), while in Western sources it is often called the "Shanghai War of 1932" or the "Shanghai incident".In Japan it is known as the "first Shanghai incident", alluding to the "second Shanghai incident", which is the Japanese name for the Battle of Shanghai that occurred during the opening stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.After the Mukden Incident, Japan had acquired control over Manchuria and would eventually establish the puppet government of Manchukuo.