Kiaochow
Kiaochow or Jiaozhou , former German territory, area c.200 sq mi (520 sq km), along the southern coast of Shandong prov., China. Its administrative center was the city of Qingdao. Germany leased Kiaochow in 1898 for 99 years, but in 1914 Japan seized it. Through agreements reached at the Washington Conference in 1922, Kiaochow was returned to China.
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PERU: PERUVIAN TRANSOCEANIC HIGHWAY REQUIRES INVESTMENT OF $48.5 MILLION.(Brief Article)
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SCUBA DIVING VENTURE.
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 12/1/1998; 43 words
; Marlin Marinas and Nautics of Cuba and EuroCuba of Belgium will begin operating the 35-page passenger Persia in December 1998, offering scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing and other activities during 11-day cruises from Santiago de Cuba along the southern coast to Cienfuegos.
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Environmental change in Garibaldi Provincial Park, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia.
Magazine article from: Geoscience Canada; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
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THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORP.
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Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 6/20/2005; 52 words
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Twenty-one Demands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Aug., 1914) as grounds for invading Kiaochow, the German leasehold in Shandong prov...that Japan assume Germany's position in Kiaochow; that Manchuria and Mongolia be reserved...the Manchurian railroads and granting Kiaochow to Japan. The demands, setting a pattern...
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Jiaozhou
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
see Kiaochow , China.
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Qingdao
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...railroad cars, motor vehicles, tires, fertilizers, rubber products, and chemicals. Leased to Germany in 1898 as part of the Kiaochow territory, Qingdao became the administrative center of the leasehold and developed into a modern city. The Japanese held it...
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Washington Conference
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...undertook to guarantee China's independence and territorial integrity, while the Japanese promised to return the region around Kiaochow. Finally, a naval convention was signed in which the nine powers agreed not to build capital ships (warships over 10,000 tons...
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Shigenobu Okuma
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and Okuma served for a brief period as prime minister. During his second term as prime minister (1914-16) the army was expanded, and Japan, entering World War I on the Allied side, seized Kiaochow and presented China with the Twenty-one Demands .
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