Why didn't the Allies occupy China in the same way they occupied Japan and Germany?

by TheLordHighExecu
TitusBluth

China was one of the Allies. It was "occupied" by its own Nationalist Chinese troops, except for the region liberated by the Soviets (Manchukuo) which had a short term Soviet postwar occupation (August '45 to May '46) before it was handed over to the Chinese Communists.