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This was profoundly humiliating. At the beginning of the year, the Chinese political class had thrilled to the idea that by joining the coalition against Germany they might gain recognition in the advance guard of the family of nations. Now, Lansing was openly asserting China’s unreadiness for any such alliance and refusing to take sides in China’s internal struggles. By contrast, Imperial Japan had picked a side and was shepherding China into the war under an authoritarian regime.
The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
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