Chinese occupation of German Tientsin
Part of World War I
Date March 14th, 1917 Location Tianjin, China 39°08′01″N 117°12′19″E / 39.1336°N 117.2054°E / 39.1336; 117.2054 Result Allied victory Territorial changes Liquidation of the German concession of Tianjin
Belligerents
China	Germany

Background

In 1895, in order to thank Germany for intervening in Liaoning against Japan, the Chinese government forced Japan to withdraw from the Liaodong Peninsula and they acquired the Treaty of Shimonoseki and allowed Germany to open of a concession in China. On October 3, Germany opened its second concession in China in Tientsin.

Occupation

The day following Chinese ceasing of relations Chinese police officers entered the concession and occupied the e territory take the guards and administrators captive. China later declared war on August 14, 1917.

Aftermath

Following the end of the war Germany gave up all rights to it in the treaty of Versailles and China turned it into the First Special Zone of Tientsin.^[1].

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