The League of Nations as an actor in East Asia
Empires and technical cooperation with China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12700969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harumi Goto-Shibata (The University of Tokyo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 435-461 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-482X • E-ISSN: 1470-4838 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/irap/lcx007 |
| OpenAlex | W2626751099 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines the technical cooperation between the League of Nations and China from its origin in 1928 to 1934. By consulting Japanese documents, it analyses why even Japanese diplomats who were usually regarded as internationalists came to be strongly opposed to this. The founding fathers of the League did not envisage cooperation between the League and China, so there were no well-considered rules nor structures for such works. Technical cooperation developed through personal initiatives; moreover, Dr Ludwik Rajchman on the League side did not limit his activities to his expertise and came to be involved in power politics. On the other hand, East Asia was the region where the old imperial order firmly remained and Japan wanted to maintain it. Britain, the mainstay of the League of Nations, was also an empire that still had large interests in the region, so that it clearly understood the causes of Japan’s reaction
Business · China · East Asia · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Empire · League · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Japanese History and Culture · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |