The ripple effects of the First World War came at an inopportune time for the infant Chinese republic. The country had joined a number of international organisations and ratified the Hague Conventions, but found its diplomatic efforts hampered by its young, inexperienced leadership, its factional regional divisions and its foreign-controlled treaty ports and concessions. Unfortunately for the Chinese, representatives of combatant nations navigated a diplomatic tightrope between carrying out their patriotic duty to support war efforts and making sure their ‘hosts’, the Chinese, did not take advantage of the turbulence to upset the colonial pecking order.
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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 104 ● ISBN 9780143800347 ● Editura Penguin Random House Australia ● Publicat 2014 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 8100718 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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