Study On China’s Participation In World War I And The Strategy Of "aligning With The United States Against Japan"

At the beginning of the 20 th century,China was caught in internal and external difficulties.After the Revolution of 1911,the old authority was broken,and the new authority had not been established.Chinese society fell into a state of disorder.Britain,France,Germany,Italy and other imperialist powers took this opportunity to invade China.The one country that took a different attitude from the other great powers in the face of China being carved up by the great powers was the United States.In 1899,the United States first proposed the “Open Door” policy,hoping to expand its interests in China by taking advantage of its economic advantages and maintaining the integrity of China’s territory and sovereignty.This move has won the favor of the Chinese government and the public.For the first time since the outbreak of the First World War,The Government of the Republic of China has turned to the United States for diplomatic help,hoping that the United States can protect China from war.After Japan put forward the “twenty-one demands”,The Government of the Republic of China once again placed its hope on the United States,hoping to counterbalance Japan and safeguard China’s rights and interests through the United States.The strategy of“Aligning with the United States Against Japan” came into being and became a major part of China’s diplomacy during the First World War.This paper is mainly divided into four parts to expatiate the formation,development process and result of China’s war in war and the diplomatic strategy of“Aligning with the United States Against Japan”.The first part mainly elaborates China’s diplomatic situation before the outbreak of the First World War.and the basic policy of the United States to China.It analyzes China’s diplomatic situation before the outbreak of the First World War.And the reasons why the United States took the lead in recognizing the Republic of China.The second part mainly analyzes the outbreak of the First World War.And the proposal of China’s “Aligning with the United States Against Japan” strategy,and focuses on China’s response to the outbreak of the First World War and the process of China seeking help from the United States.The third part mainly analyzes the development and twists and turns of the strategy of “Aligning with the United States Against Japan”,that is,China’s two efforts of “Aligning with the United States Against Japan” and the interaction between China and the United States,China and Japan.The fourth part mainly elaborates the reasons and effects of the failure of China’s entry into the war and the diplomatic strategy of “Aligning with the United States Against Japan”.All in all,this article on China’s war,through combing the united American day strategy is put forward,difficult to implement,and restricting factors,and during that time,China’s diplomatic efforts,analysis of the first world war broke out,China’s foreign policy and the implementation of the first world war,between the two kinds of relationship of China and the United States during the period of interconnected,further reveals the powers and carve up China’s era,What a grim situation China is facing.