Title: China and the great war : China's pursuit of a new national identity and internationalization /
Authors: Xu, Guoqi.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 China; National characteristics, Chinese.; China Foreign relations
Abstract: "China's role in the First World War has been a curiously neglected topic. This book is the first full-length study of China's involvement in the conflict from perspectives of international history, using largely unknown archival materials from China, France, Germany, the UK, and the USA. It explains why China wanted to join the war and what its contributions were to the war effort and the emerging world order in the postwar period."--Jacket.
Contents: China's preparation for entry into the international system -- The rise of Chinese internationalism and the new diplomacy -- China responses to the outbreak of war -- Using laborers as soldiers, China's alternative strategy -- China's formal entry into the war -- The war within -- The 1919 Paris Peace Conference and China's search for a new world order -- App. 1. Foreign-trained cabinet members in early Republican China -- App. 2. List of foreign ministers, 1912-1922.