The Paris Peace Conference: everything you wanted to know
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The Japanese and the Allies in the Paris Peace Conference
In 19 14, japanese expedition goes into shandong and defeats the germans. The chinese delegation walk out of the paris peace conference because they do not want to give up control of shandong. This caused deep resentment in china which is still felt today. May fourth movement was a nationalist movement among chinese students. Is a very important staging post in the development of chinese nationalism and independence movements.
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