The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity
and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global
community. In 1912 the Qing Dynasty had ended. President Yuan
Shikai, who seized power in 1914, offered the British 50,000 troops
to recover the German colony in Shandong but this was refused. In
1916 China sent a vast army of labourers to Europe. In 1917 she
declared war on Germany despite this effectively making the real
enemy Japan an ally. The betrayal came when Japan was awarded the
former German colony. This inspired the rise of Chinese nationalism
and communism, enflamed by Russia. The scene was set for Japans
incursions into China and thirty years of bloodshed. One hundred
years on, the time is right for this accessible and authoritative
account of Chinas role in The Great War and assessment of its
national and international significance
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