Wilson and China: A Revised History of the Shandong Question: A Revised History of the Shandong Question

by Bruce Elleman

Overview

Drawing on sources in Japanese, Chinese, and American archives and libraries, this book reassesses another facet of Woodrow Wilson's agenda at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. Breaking with accepted scholarly opinions, the author argues that Wilson did not "betray" China, as many Chinese and Western scholars have charged; rather, Wilson successfully negotiated a compromise with the Japanese to ensure that China's sovereignty would be respected in Shandong Province. Rejecting the compromise, Chinese negotiators refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles, creating conditions for the Soviet Union's entry into China and its later influence over the course of the Chinese revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765610508
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/2002
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Diplomatic Situation Prior to the Paris Peace Conference; Chapter 2 The Chinese Delegation’s Proposals to the Paris Peace Conference; Chapter 3 The Japanese Delegation ’s Proposals to the Paris Peace Conference; Chapter 4 President Wilson’s Compromise Proposal; Chapter 5 The Myth of Woodrow Wilson’s Betrayal; Chapter 6 Wilson’s Failed Attempts to Secure a Japanese Statement of Intent; Chapter 7 Shandong and the Origins of the Chinese Communist Party; Chapter 8 The Myth of Soviet Equal Treatment of China; epilogue Epilogue: The Impact of the Shandong Question;