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The Chinese Nationalists and the Unequal Treaties 1924–1931

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Edmund S. K. Fung
Edmund S. K. Fung
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The movement to abolish the unequal treaties was the cause célèbre of Chinese nationalism after the First World War. It was an extension of the late Qing movement to retrieve the rights and interests (shouhui liquan yundong) that had been lost to the powers over the decades. Whereas the quintessence of the late Qing campaign was economic nationalism and the means it employed peaceful, the post-war drive was highly political and at times accompanied by a degree of violence. The Chinese determination, strengthened by Germany's and Austria's relinquishment of their treaty status, was a bond that united the whole nation from Beijing to Guangzhou (Canton) despite their domestic political differences.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 793 - 819
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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An earlier version of this paper has been presented at the Second International Conference on Sinology held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, 28–31 December 1986.

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