Why is raising the five-color flag to Japan during the Anti-Japanese War regarded as surrender?

The flag of the puppet Manchukuo was made in 1932 on the basis of the flag of the Beiyang government of the Republic of China (five-color flag) before 1928.

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1932 (the first year of Datong) On March 1 day, the puppet Manchukuo government issued the "Notice on the National Flag System", stipulating that the flag of the puppet Manchukuo was composed of five colors, with a yellow flag surface and red, blue, white and black stripes in the upper left corner, each accounting for a quarter, with a vertical and horizontal ratio of 3:2. [ 1]

1933 (the second year of Datong) On February 24th, the State Council and Manchukuo issued the No.3 circular "Explaining the Meaning of the National Flag", explaining the meaning of the national flag as follows: blue stands for the east, red stands for the south, white stands for the west, black stands for the north, and yellow stands for the central government, symbolizing that the central government governs all directions. Its color comes from the five-color soil in the countryside. [2]

According to the explanation in the Examination and Approval of Manchukuo Flag issued by the General Office of the State Council, the puppet Manchukuo, yellow symbolizes the earth in the five elements, and the emperor rules the benevolence in all directions; Red symbolizes fire and represents enthusiasm and courage; Blue symbolizes wood, representing youth and sacredness; White symbolizes gold and represents purity and justice; Black symbolizes water and represents will and determination [2].

At the same time, yellow, red, blue, white and black represent Manchu, Yamato, Han, Mongolian and Korean respectively, symbolizing the harmony of the five ethnic groups, and the four ethnic groups jointly established the puppet Manchukuo under the rule of Manchu.

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1932 (the first year of Datong) On April 25th, the Manchu Navy made the third order "Manchu Navy Flag" to formulate the Navy Flag. It is stipulated that the design of the bow flag and the ship flag should be the same as the national flag. 1935 (pseudo-Kant 2) On March 7th, 2007, the navy flag order and the No.3 document on abolishing the Manchu navy flag in the first year of Datong were redefined, and the navy flag was unified into four colors: red, blue, white and black, and the lower part was yellow, which was the same as the military flag.