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after the Great War began the great
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negotiations of
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Peace at the Magnificent Palace of Versa
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the global Powers redrew the world map
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but China was ignored it was a moment
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that had a considerable and lasting
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impact on the nation and the Far
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East at the end of the 19th century
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China was weak and
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divided Nations took advantage as they
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gained Authority across the
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country Germany's decision to take the
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port of sow in
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1897 would draw the first world war to
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the shores of the Far East 17 years
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[Music]
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later it quickly became a Bavarian
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[Music]
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Outpost we should view the German
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occupation philosophically on the one
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hand it was an imperialist grab but on
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the other the Germans did contribute a
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lot to Urban construction sow was
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transformed from a small fishing Village
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to a Modern urban
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city
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[Music]
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by the outbreak of the first world war
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Sina was thriving giving the Kaiser a
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huge area of operations in the Pacific
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it was immediately targeted by Britain
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and Japan we command our Army and Navy
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to carry on hostilities against that
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Empire with all their strength on
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September the 2nd 1914 an Anglo Japanese
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force landed the siege of Singa had
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begun the Germans build excellent
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fortifications take the for site of s
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Hill battery it was the headquarters of
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the German forces but what it lacked was
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the outside supply of
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reinforcements Chinese laborers
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commanded by the German Masters dock
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trenches locked equipment and positioned
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artillery on the October the 31st the
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Allied Forces closed
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in for a solid weake the city was
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bombarded from sea and land night and
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day unfortunately we cannot do more we
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know that the Kaiser and the Fatherland
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will look upon us with pride I will not
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now lie down to rest perhaps for the
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last
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time 450 men died in The Siege 40 of
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them Chinese
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laborers after The Siege the two
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governments of China and Japan sat down
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and negotiated the return of Sina the
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Japanese had declared that they would
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hand it back to China
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but they didn't keep their
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[Music]
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promise 5 years later at the Treaty of
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faai a Chinese delegation pleaded for
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their City to be returned the request
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was overlooked it was in the interest of
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the West for China to remain broken sow
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would stay firmly in Japanese hands the
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decision incensed a nation the Chinese
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stormed out of wasai refusing to sign
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the treaty and already poisoners
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relationship became toxic China and
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Japan would be at war two decades
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[Music]
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later

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Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews Subscribe to BBC News HERE https://www.youtube.com/user/bbcnews?sub_confirmation=1 The only battle to be fought in the Far East during World War One had a profound and lasting impact on Chinese-Japanese relations. Germany controlled the port of Tsingtao (modern day Qingdao) on the east coast of China until an Anglo-Japanese force invaded in September 1914. As part of a BBC series looking at stories beyond the trenches, Carol Yarwood from the BBC Chinese service recounts the Siege of Tsingtao. Check out our website: https://www.bbc.com/news Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bbcworld Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser

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