The British at Wei-Hai-Wei : a case study of an ill-fated colony
In 1898, Russia, Germany and France forced the Qing government to cede them one territory each, which challenged the traditional predominance of the British in China. The British lost no time to acquire leased territories in the era of scrambling for concessions. Wei-Hai-Wei, an isolated leasehold i...
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Digital Commons @ Lingnan University
2017
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| Online Access: | https://commons.ln.edu.hk/his_etd/10 https://commons.ln.edu.hk/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=his_etd |