thumb|Puyi's edict upon ascending to the throne Japanese emperor Hirohito wanted to see if Puyi was reliable before giving him an imperial title, and it was not until October 1933 that General Doihara told him he was to be an emperor again, causing Puyi to go, in his own words, "wild with joy", though he was disappointed that he was not given back his old title of "Great Qing Emperor". At the same time, Doihara informed Puyi that "the Emperor [of Japan] is your father and is represented in Manchukuo as the Kwantung army which must be obeyed like a father". Manchukuo was immediately infamous for its high crime rate, as Japanese-sponsored gangs of Chinese, Korean, and Russian gangsters fought one another for the control of opium houses, brothels, and gambling dens. There were nine different Japanese or Japanese-sponsored police/intelligence agencies operating in Manchukuo, who were all told by Tokyo that Japan was a poor country and that they were to pay for their own operations by engaging in organised crime. The Italian adventurer Amleto Vespa remembered that General Kenji Doihara told him Manchuria was going to have to pay for its own exploitation. In 1933, Simon Kaspé, a French Jewish pianist visiting his father in Manchukuo, who owned a hotel in Harbin, was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang from the Russian Fascists. The Kaspé case became an international , attracting much media attention around the world, ultimately leading to two trials in Harbin in 1935 and 1936, as the evidence that the Russian fascist gang who had killed Kaspé was working for the Kempeitai, the military police of the Imperial Japanese Army, had become too strong for even Tokyo to ignore. Puyi was portrayed as having saved the people from the chaos Zhang family rule, with the help of the Kwantung Army. Manchukuo's high crime rate, and the much publicised Kaspé case, made a mockery of the claim that Puyi had saved the people of Manchuria from a lawless and violent regime.
thumb|puyi's edict upon ascending to the throne japanese emperor hirohito wanted to see if puyi was reliable before giving him an imperial title and it was not until october 1933 that general doihara told him he was to be an emperor again causing puyi to go in his own words "wild with joy" though he was disappointed that he was not given back his old title of "great qing emperor" at the same time doihara informed puyi that "the emperor [of japan] is your father and is represented in manchukuo as the kwantung army which must be obeyed like a father" manchukuo was immediately infamous for its high crime rate as japanese-sponsored gangs of chinese korean and russian gangsters fought one another for the control of opium houses brothels and gambling dens there were nine different japanese or japanese-sponsored police/intelligence agencies operating in manchukuo who were all told by tokyo that japan was a poor country and that they were to pay for their own operations by engaging in organised crime the italian adventurer amleto vespa remembered that general kenji doihara told him manchuria was going to have to pay for its own exploitation in 1933 simon kaspé a french jewish pianist visiting his father in manchukuo who owned a hotel in harbin was kidnapped tortured and murdered by an anti-semitic gang from the russian fascists the kaspé case became an international  attracting much media attention around the world ultimately leading to two trials in harbin in 1935 and 1936 as the evidence that the russian fascist gang who had killed kaspé was working for the kempeitai the military police of the imperial japanese army had become too strong for even tokyo to ignore puyi was portrayed as having saved the people from the chaos zhang family rule with the help of the kwantung army manchukuo's high crime rate and the much publicised kaspé case made a mockery of the claim that puyi had saved the people of manchuria from a lawless and violent regime