Contention Between USA And Japan In The Far East Around The First Great War And China's International Status

Around the First World War, USA and Japan deployed a long-term contend in the far east, because of the conflict between open-door policy and continent policy. Their contend surrounded China. The outbreak of the First World War gave an edge to this contend. The two parties always came to a compromise by means of sacrifice of China's benefit. At that time, China Beijing government got in turn various great-power's assistance by mortagaging country's rights and interests, adopted some transigent foreign policy, lost some national sovereignty and benefit. But at the same time, it also carried out some actions to defend state sovereignty. Differing from political corruption, and military affairs' debility, it made great efforts in foreign affairs. By use of advantageous international affairs, China made up mind to manage to take back national sovereignty, to join international community actively, to enhance China's international status. Especially, After the First World War, Beijing government continued to lose state sovereignty less. By contrast, retrieving state sovereignty common occurred. More than that, modern China lost sovereignty to the greatest extent, it must be a long-term course to take back state sovereignty. Beijing government's foreign affairs sometimes were unsuccessful, its cause should not be simply one-sidedly comprehended, but to investigate it from home-and-abroad political pattern, and comprehensive national strength. Among it, contend between USA and Japan brought great influence to enhance China's international status. In this dissertation, I try to use multi-subject complex analysis procedure with history, politics, international relations science, diplomacy science, adopt the angle of view of the international history, exceed national boundaries, use the whole international system as frame of reference, research Far East international relations this phase from the whole aspect, analyze and research this problem roundly, and advance a little superficial opinion on the basis of this, hope to provide a little beneficial reference to our nation. The dissertation consists of the preface, the text and the conclusion. The preface sets forth: The intention and significance of the subject selected, researched and researching status, researching contents, and the chief researching methods. Chapter One expounds, before the First Great War, the origin and initial development of Japanese Continent Policy and American Open-Door Policy. Came into being and coordination of both sides' contradiction in the Far East. China's initial efforts for enhancing international status in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican China. Chapter Two expounds, during the First Great War, contradiction of USA and Japan became acute in the Far East. Surround China's neutrality or join the war, from respective state interest, USA and Japan deployed furious contention. China Beijing government caught hold of opportunity, made use of the contradiction between USA and Japan, strived to seek to join the war for enhancing Chinese international status. Chapter three expounds, contend and compromise between USA and Japan in postwar conference. China made use of the contradiction between USA and Japan, tried to take back national rights and interests, entered into international system, enhanced Chinese international status. Chapter Four analyzes completely the essential and springhead of contention between USA and Japan in the Far East around the First World War, and expounds its active and negative influence to China's international status. Conclusion analyzes the situation of opposition and compromise between USA and Japan in the Far East during the First World War, and the effort of China for enhancing international status. Relate with Asia-Pacific situation nowadays, bring forward that China should make use of interests relations of each country in Asia-Pacific area, carry out peace-growing-up strategy, enhance international status further. It give prominence to operation significance of this dissertation.