Picnics Prohibited: Diplomacy in a Chaotic China During the First World War

by Frances Wood

World War I came at an inopportune time for China. The country had joined a number of international organizations and ratified the Hague Conventions, but found its diplomatic efforts hampered by its young, inexperienced leadership, its factional regional divisions, and its foreign-controlled treaty ports and concessions. Unfortunately for the Chinese, representatives of combatant nations navigated a diplomatic tightrope between carrying out their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143800337
• ISBN13: 9780143800330
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Penguin Australia
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.0"