Betrayed ally : China in the Great War.

The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global community. In 1912 the Qing Dynasty had ended. President Yuan Shikai, who seized power in 1914, offered the British 50,000 troops to recover the German colony in Shandon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wood, Frances (Autor), Armander, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.
Temas:
1912-1949
World War, 1914-1918 > China.
Diplomatic relations.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Chine.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Diplomatic relations
China > Foreign relations > 1912-1949.
Chine > Relations extérieures > 1912-1949.
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Japan sees an opportunity
  • New China, the 'infant republic'
  • Japan: not playing straight
  • China in wartime, 1914-1916
  • The Chinese Labour Corps: Yellow 'eathens are 'elping out in France
  • Spies and suspicions
  • A crucial year of chaos and decisions: 1917
  • After the war, the disappointment
  • Anatomy of a betrayal: the interpreter's account
  • China's reaction.

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