The Change Of Kuomintang Britain Policy From 1923 To 1928

Generally speaking,the historical study of the policy of the Kuomintang(KMT) toBritain has always been the focus of historians'concern.But there are few papers thatspecially discuss the Britain policy of KMT from 1923 to 1928.Based on previousresearch,this thesis takes the foreign policy of the KMT from 1923 to 1928 as thebasis and follows the clue of all kinds of negotiations of the KMT with Britain todiscuss the change and development of the Britain policy of the KMT in theperiod.And it is divided into three stages.The first part of this thesis introduces the KMT Britain policy in Dabenyingtimes from 1923 to 1925.First of all,factions in the KMT held different stances toBritain.Therefore,the rise and fall of each strength in the interior of the KMT had agreat influence upon the formation of the KMT Britain policy.Then,the thesiselaborates that the KMT established a correct foreign policy which was to firmlysafeguard the national interests and abolish the unequal treaties and so on.So the KMThad stood up for the people in the period.In accordance with the established policy, theKMT negotiated with Britain on Guanyu and Shangtuan incidence and had asatisfactory solution in the end.Finally, the thesis analyzes the reason why the KMTestablished such a firm policy to Britain.For example,the main reason is that Britaingovernment's acts were to the disadvantage of the KMT government.On the otherhand,the Soviet Russia's help and the people's support for the KMT also reinforcedthe stance of the KMT to negotiate with Britain.The second part mainly verifies the national government's Britain policy fromthe Guangzhou national government established in 1925 to the Wuhan nationalgovernment's taking back Hanxun British concession in 1927.At that time,Beijinggovernment proposed to revise unequal treaties and Shenggang workers strikedagainst Britain's atrocity.The Guangzhou national government established at this hightide.And the national government formulated domestic and foreign policies that aimedto overthrow big powers,eliminated warlords and appealed to big powers to abolish unequal treaties;At the same time,the national government negotiated with Britishgovernment about Shaji massacre and then implemented a policy which was to cuteconomic relationship with Britain(namely boycott event)for the negotiation could notbe advanced;In the Wuhan national government times,the KMT formulated strongerforeign policy and took back Hanxun British concession;Then,there is a brief analysison the reason why the national government's Britain policy was so tough.The third part is about the foreign policy of the KMT toward Britain which isfrom the resolution of Hanxun affair in march 1927 to Britain's acknowledgement ofthe Nanjing national government eventually in December 1928.First of all,the NingAffair was the beginning for the KMT to make compromises and concessions withBritain;After ChiangKai-Shek started coup on April 12,1927,both Wuhan and Nanjinggovernments had a tendency to compromise with Britain;The Nanjing nationalgovernment gave up revolutionary diplomacy thoroughly after Ninghan merger.Forexample,the revision of unequal treaties should be proposed in the suitable time,whichwas entirely different from the strong diplomacy that belonged to Guangzhou andWuhan national government;There were many causes for Nanjing government tocompromise with Britain. For instance,the change of the nature of the Nanjinggovernment,the Japan's aggression to China,the power change of China and soon.Each aspect has certain impact on its foreign policy to Britain.