Comments on: How China Was Betrayed At Versailles: An Interview With Paul French http://beijingcream.com/2014/06/how-china-was-betrayed-at-versailles-an-interview-with-paul-french/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chinese Netizen http://beijingcream.com/2014/06/how-china-was-betrayed-at-versailles-an-interview-with-paul-french/#comment-275561 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 17:16:54 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25006#comment-275561 Poor, poor China. As usual.

]]> By: Michael Turton http://beijingcream.com/2014/06/how-china-was-betrayed-at-versailles-an-interview-with-paul-french/#comment-275546 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 14:25:42 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25006#comment-275546 I had the same response as the commenter above. Since Shandong was returned to China in 1922, after the Washington Naval Conference (Japan continued to dominate it economically) how much of a betrayal is this? Never mind that China had initially agreed to Japan’s terms before attempting to leverage the US to get Shandong back. Probably much left out of this conversation.

]]> By: Claus Rasmussen http://beijingcream.com/2014/06/how-china-was-betrayed-at-versailles-an-interview-with-paul-french/#comment-275454 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 23:17:00 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25006#comment-275454 What ?!

]]> By: Jay K. http://beijingcream.com/2014/06/how-china-was-betrayed-at-versailles-an-interview-with-paul-french/#comment-275310 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 03:58:43 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25006#comment-275310 no one cares about you and your 2 cents, now go get you some chuanr and 二锅头 it’s the best combo to your comments

]]> By: Claus Rasmussen http://beijingcream.com/2014/06/how-china-was-betrayed-at-versailles-an-interview-with-paul-french/#comment-275225 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:15:56 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25006#comment-275225 Yes, a good read. However, I disagree with some of Mr French’s points.

The author seems to imply that the British didn’t care much about Qingdao, but in reality the German fleet stationed there consisted of no less than 5 cruisers and was a formidable threat to British trade in the Pacific.

The Germans only left the Pacific for the Atlantic a month after the Japanese captured their only base with help from the British. The fleet tried to get back to Europe but they were ambushed and sunk at the Falkland Islands.

Some links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_commerce_raiders_in_World_War_I and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tsingtao

The article also fails to mention that Qingdao was returned to China in 1922, so the effect of the betrayal was that the occupation of Qingdao that had lasted since 1891 was extended by just 4 years.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingdao

]]> By: Jonathan Alpart http://beijingcream.com/2014/06/how-china-was-betrayed-at-versailles-an-interview-with-paul-french/#comment-275150 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:46:26 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25006#comment-275150 This was a fascinating read. Thank you very much for writing.

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