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  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Maps
  • List of Documents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Technical Note
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Diplomatic Situation Prior to the Paris Peace Conference
  • The German Diplomatic Position in Shandong
  • Japan Declares War on Germany
  • Strategic and Military Importance of the Shandong Concession
  • Foreign Policy Issues Regarding the Shandong Concession
  • Japan Presents the Twenty-one Demands
  • The Japanese Ultimatum
  • China Joins the War Against GermanyThe 1918 Secret Sino-Japanese Agreements
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • 2. The Chinese Delegation's Proposals to the Paris Peace Conference
  • The Members of the Chinese Delegation
  • Wellington Koo and President Woodrow Wilson
  • The Chinese Delegation's Proposals to Paris
  • Wellington Koo and the Shandong Question
  • The Chinese Delegation's March and April Declarations
  • Direct or Indirect Restitution of Shandong
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • 3. The Japanese Delegation's Proposals to the Paris Peace Conference
  • The Japanese Delegation and its ProposalsThe American Delegation's Opening Position on Shandong
  • Who Wanted the Secret Agreements Kept Secret?
  • The Impact of the Secret Agreements on America's Proposals
  • The Japanese Delegation's April 1919 Proposals
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • 4. President Wilson's Compromise Proposal
  • The American Delegation and its Proposals
  • The Big Three's Negotiations with the Chinese Delegation
  • The Big Three's Negotiations with the Japanese Delegation
  • Wilson's Rationale Behind this Compromise Solution
  • The Impact of Wilson's CompromiseConclusions
  • Notes
  • 5. The Myth of Woodrow Wilson's Betrayal
  • The Importance of Face in China
  • The Chinese Diplomatic Reaction to the Shandong Resolutions
  • The Shandong Resolutions, the May Fourth Movement, and Wilson
  • Liang Qichao's Interpretation of the Shandong Resolutions
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • 6. Wilson's Failed Attempts to Secure a Japanese Statement of Intent
  • America Decides to Obtain a Japanese Statement of Intent
  • The Chinese Delegation Fails to Sign on a Provisional Basis
  • The Creation of a Draft Statement of IntentPlans to Issue a Big Three Statement of Intent
  • Shandong and the League of Nations
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • 7. Shandong and the Origins of the Chinese Communist Party
  • The May Fourth Movement and Chinese Radicalization
  • The Karakhan Manifesto and the Birth of Chinese Communism
  • The Shandong Resolution's Impact on Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu
  • Shandong and the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Shandong and the United Front Strategy
  • Conclusions
  • Notes