Before revision: These were returned during the Second World War so that China would continue resisting Japan.Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations (McFarland, 2015) edited by Yuwu Song, p.288-289 Black claimed that the British military intervention in the Russian Civil War on behalf of the White Russians was motivated in part by a desire to establish an informal empire of political influence and economic ties in Southern Russia, to deny Germany access to these assets and block their passage to British colonies in Asia.
After revision: These were returned during the Second World War so that China would continue resisting Japan.Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations (McFarland, 2015) edited by Yuwu Song, p.288-289 Black claimed that the British military intervention in the Russian Civil War on behalf of the White Army was motivated in part by a desire to establish an informal empire of political influence and economic ties in Southern Russia, to deny Germany access to these assets and block their passage to British colonies in Asia.