Shandong Question at Versailles

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The Shandong Question at Versailles was a post–World War I diplomatic dispute at the Paris Peace Conference over whether Germany’s former concessions in China’s Shandong province would be returned to China or transferred to Japan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic dispute ⓘ
issue at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
post–World War I political issue ⓘ
affected China’s relationship with the Western powers ⓘ
Japan’s international standing after World War I ⓘ
concernsCountry China ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
concernsFormerConcessionsIn Qingdao ⓘ
concernsFormerConcessionsOf German Empire ⓘ
concernsTerritory Shandong Province ⓘ
linked to: Shandong
context negotiations over German colonial possessions ⓘ
date 1919 ⓘ
followedBy eventual return of Shandong to Chinese control in the 1920s ⓘ
hasLanguageOfDiplomacy Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
hasLocation Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
historicalRegionInvolved Shandong Peninsula ⓘ
influenced China’s decision not to sign the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
rise of Chinese nationalism ⓘ
influencedEvent May Fourth Movement ⓘ
involvesIssue colonial concessions in China ⓘ
sovereignty over Shandong ⓘ
transfer of German concessions in Shandong ⓘ
involvesParty British delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
Chinese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
French delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
German delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
Japanese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
United States delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
opposedBy Chinese intellectuals ⓘ
Chinese public opinion ⓘ
outcome German rights in Shandong transferred to Japan ⓘ
partOf issues settled at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
precededBy German leasehold in Jiaozhou Bay ⓘ
relatedTo Chinese foreign policy in the early Republic era ⓘ
Sino–Japanese relations ⓘ
imperialism in East Asia ⓘ
relatedToEvent World War I ⓘ
relatedToPrinciple self-determination ⓘ
relatedToTreaty Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
resultedIn boycott of Japanese goods in China ⓘ
widespread protests in China ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War I ⓘ

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Shandong → wasSceneOf → Shandong Question at Versailles ⓘ
Shandong Question at Versailles → involvesParty → Chinese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
linked to: Shandong Question at Versailles
Cao Rulin → associatedWithEvent → Treaty of Versailles controversy in China ⓘ
linked to: Shandong Question at Versailles
Territory of Qingdao under Republic of China (nominal) → relatedToEvent → Treaty of Versailles controversy in China ⓘ
linked to: Shandong Question at Versailles
Gu Weijun → memberOf → Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
linked to: Shandong Question at Versailles