Anglo-Chinese Diplomacy 1906-1920: In the Careers of Sir John Jordan and Yuan Shih-kai

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PREFACE

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pp. vii-viii

Y�AN SHIH-K'AI (1859-1916) has inspired much historical discussion, writing, and scholarship. One recurrent theme is that he was respected, admired, and even fervently supported by the foreigners in China. In short, from the turn of the century...

ABBREVIATIONS

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pp. 10ix-

Ch. I. BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS CHINA AND JORDAN'S CAREER BEFORE 1906

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FROM the Opium War until the early twentieth century Britain's policy in China aimed at maximum economic benefit with minimum political involvement. However, on many occasions either her economic activities were endangered, or Britain was...

Ch. II. JORDAN, YUAN AND CHINESE POLITICS, 1906-1911

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pp. 10-29

WHEN Jordan returned to Peking in 1906 he found that society had changed ‘wonderfully'. Many of the social changes signified that 'a new China' was emerging. Chinese ladies were seen on the street riding or driving in carriages; and princes and other high dignitaries increasingly abandoned their traditional sec1usion...

Ch. III. THE 1911 REVOLUTION

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pp. 30-54

To Jordan the outbreak of the 19II Revolution had at least one good outcome: the recall of Y�an Shih-k'ai by the panic-stricken Manchu government. Jordan's immediate reaction was that Y�an would be perfectly able to cope with...

Ch. IV. YUAN'S PRESIDENCY, 1912-1915

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pp. 55-75

A PROMINENT feature of Y�an's presidency was his personal control over the government. These few years mark Y�an's growing autocracy, and culminate in his attempt in 1915-16to revive a monarchy and assume the throne himself. This chapter deals...

Ch. V. THE MONARCHICAL MOVEMENT

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THE monarchical movement of Yüan Shih-k'ai, which started in August 1915， was the climax of his ambition. Undoubtedly it was the most far-reaching political event in China between the I9I3 ‘Second Revolution' and Yüan's death in June I9I6....

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pp. 101-107

YÜAN Shih-k'ai's sudden death shattered Jordan's long-cherished dream for China; but for Japan, its dream was beginning to come true.¹ He could not forgive Japan for this, and from then on he ‘saw behind every bush a Japanese' .² He now lost the sense of balance which had for so long enabled him to divorce personal...

NOTES

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

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pp. 144-156

GLOSSARY OF NAMES

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pp. 157-160

INDEX

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pp. 161-168