LEADER 02892nam 22006255 450 001 9910863124803321 005 20250415190907.0 010 $a9789811556364 010 $a9811556369 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(Perlego)3480725 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011435703 100 $a20200912d2020 u| 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 /$fby Qi-hua Tang 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 $cSpringer Singapore$d2020 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (VI, 329 p. 20 illus., 14 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aChina Connections,$x2662-7876 311 08$a9789811556357 311 08$a9811556350 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,$x2662-7876 606 $aChina$xHistory 606 $aDiplomacy 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aHistory of China 606 $aDiplomacy 606 $aForeign Policy 615 0$aChina$xHistory. 615 0$aDiplomacy. 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 14$aHistory of China. 615 24$aDiplomacy. 615 24$aForeign Policy. 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 $a9910863124803321 996 $aChinese Diplomacy and the Paris Peace Conference$92530717 997 $aUNINA