The Reformed Government of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國維新政府, Zhōnghuá Mínguó Wéixīn Zhèngfǔ or Japanese: Chuka Minkoku Ishin Seifu ) was a Chinese provisional government protected by Japan that existed from 1938 to 1940 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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