Research Catalog

Title

Wilson and China : a revised history of the Shandong question / Bruce A. Elleman.

Author

Elleman, Bruce A., 1959-

Publication

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2002.

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Details

Description

xviii, 227 pages : maps; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Revised history of the Shandong question

Subject

• 1912-1949
• Diplomatic relations
• Außenpolitik
• Diplomatieke betrekkingen
• Vredesverdrag van Versailles (1919)
• Geschichte 1919
• China > Foreign relations > Japan
• Japan > Foreign relations > China
• China > Foreign relations > 1912-1949
• Shandong Sheng (China) > History
• China
• China > Shandong Sheng
• Japan
• China
• Japan
• Shandong
• USA
• USA

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-219) and index.

Contents

Diplomatic situation prior to the Paris Peace Conference. 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 -- Japanese ultimatum -- China joins the war against Germany -- 1918 secret Sino-Japanese agreements -- Chinese delegation's proposals to the Paris Peace Conference. Members of the Chinese delegation -- Wellington Koo and President Woodrow Wilson -- Chinese delegation's proposals to Paris -- Wellington Koo and the Shandong question -- Chinese delegation's March and April declarations -- Direct or indirect restitution of Shandong -- Japanese delegation's proposals to the Paris Peace Conference. Japanese delegation and its proposals -- American delegation's opening position on Shandong -- Who wanted the secret agreements kept secret? -- Impact of the secret agreements on America's proposals -- Japanese delegation's April 1919 proposals -- President Wilson's compromise proposal. American delegation and its proposals -- Big three's negotiations with the Chinese delegation -- Big three's negotiations with the Japanese delegation -- Wilson's rationale behind this compromise solution -- Impact of Wilson's compromise -- Myth of Woodrow Wilson's betrayal. Importance of "face" in China -- Chinese diplomatic reaction to the Shandong resolutions -- Japanese diplomatic reaction to the Shandong resolutions -- Shandong resolutions, the May Fourth Movement, and Wilson -- Liang Qichao's interpretation of the Shandong resolutions -- Wilson's failed attempts to secure a Japanese statement of intent. America decides to obtain a Japanese statement of intent -- Chinese delegation fails to sign on a provisional basis -- Creation of a draft statement of intent -- Plans to issue a big three statement of intent -- Shandong and the League of Nations -- Shandong and the origins of the Chinese Communist Party. May Fourth Movement and Chinese radicalization -- Karakhan Manifesto and the birth of Chinese communism -- 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 -- Myth of Soviet equal treatment of China. Shandong and the diplomatic legacy of Versailles -- 1921-1922 Washington Conference -- Soviet diplomacy and the united front strategy -- Lev Karakhan's secret diplomacy and the CER -- 1925 restoration of Soviet-Japanese diplomatic relations -- Lev Karakhan and the twenty one demands -- Epilogue: The impact of the Shandong question.

ISBN

• 0765610507
• 9780765610508
• 0765610515
• 9780765610515

LCCN

2002024699

OCLC

• ocm49226372
• 49226372
• SCSB-1259605

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library