LEADER 02590nam 2200517 450 001 9910422645203321 005 20210212002306.0 010 $a981-15-5636-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-15-5636-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011435703 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6348877 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-15-5636-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011435703 100 $a20210212d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChinese Diplomacy and the Paris Peace Conference /$fQi-hua Tang; Zhonghu Yan 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (VI, 329 p. 20 illus., 14 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aChina Connections,$x2662-7868 311 $a981-15-5635-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- China?s Preparation for the Peace Conference during WWI -- Preparation for the Peace Conference after the Ceasefire of WWI -- The Diplomacy during the Peace Conference -- Refusal to Sign the Peace Treaty -- After the Refusal -- Conclusion. 330 $aThis book examines Republican China?s diplomatic strategies and engagement, and power reconfiguration in East Asia after 1914. Drawing on a vast trove of primary sources, including newly declassified archival materials, the book offers not only a richly-informed account of how the Beiyang government conducted diplomacy at the Paris Peace Conference but also new insights into why. Calling into question such long-held beliefs that the Beiyang government was inadequately prepared for the Conference, was treasonous in urging the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and that its behavior at the Conference amounted to a thorough failure of diplomacy, the author tries to make a case for a much more nuanced re-interpretation and re-evaluation of this critical period in the country?s diplomatic history. 410 0$aChina Connections,$x2662-7868 606 $aDiplomacy 606 $aHistory of China 606 $aInternational relations 615 0$aDiplomacy. 615 0$aHistory of China. 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a818.5402 700 $aTang$b Qi-hua$01063143 702 $aYan$b Zhonghu 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910422645203321 996 $aChinese Diplomacy and the Paris Peace Conference$92530717 997 $aUNINA