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Routledge History of the First World War, 2024

Following several decades of unequal treaties that ceded Chinese territory to Western imperialist... more Following several decades of unequal treaties that ceded Chinese territory to Western imperialist powers and Japan, the First World War presented China with an opportunity. Japan took advantage of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902 to attack and take over German-controlled territory in China, and China’s leadership hoped that a German defeat in the war and subsequent treaty negotiations would result in former German territories being returned to Chinese control. Early in the war, China offered to provide Chinese combatants and labourers to Great Britain and France, but those initial offers were rebuffed. With stunning numbers of casualties in Europe, manpower was a constant concern which soon made China’s offer more appealing. France first accepted Chinese labourers to serve behind the line and eventually Britain followed suit. All told, 140,000 Chinese labourers travelled to Europe—some across the Indian Ocean and around the Cape of Good Hope or through the Suez Canal, others across the Pacific, then by train across the North American continent, then across the Atlantic. With labourers already in theatre, China declared war on the Central Powers on 14 August 1917, and Chinese labour played an important role that deserved credit and reward, but China received neither at Versailles.

Routledge History of the Second World War, 2021

Routledge History of the Second World War, 2021

The YMCA at War: Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars, 2018

Conference Presentations by Kristin Mulready-Stone

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To understand China's approach to strategic or great-power competition with the United States, it... more To understand China's approach to strategic or great-power competition with the United States, it's important to understand China's history since at least 1800, the legacy of imperialism, and the Century of Humiliation.

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Routledge eBooks, Sep 20, 2021

Routledge History of the First World War, 2024

Following several decades of unequal treaties that ceded Chinese territory to Western imperialist... more Following several decades of unequal treaties that ceded Chinese territory to Western imperialist powers and Japan, the First World War presented China with an opportunity. Japan took advantage of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902 to attack and take over German-controlled territory in China, and China’s leadership hoped that a German defeat in the war and subsequent treaty negotiations would result in former German territories being returned to Chinese control. Early in the war, China offered to provide Chinese combatants and labourers to Great Britain and France, but those initial offers were rebuffed. With stunning numbers of casualties in Europe, manpower was a constant concern which soon made China’s offer more appealing. France first accepted Chinese labourers to serve behind the line and eventually Britain followed suit. All told, 140,000 Chinese labourers travelled to Europe—some across the Indian Ocean and around the Cape of Good Hope or through the Suez Canal, others across the Pacific, then by train across the North American continent, then across the Atlantic. With labourers already in theatre, China declared war on the Central Powers on 14 August 1917, and Chinese labour played an important role that deserved credit and reward, but China received neither at Versailles.

Routledge History of the Second World War, 2021

Routledge History of the Second World War, 2021

The YMCA at War: Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars, 2018

To understand China's approach to strategic or great-power competition with the United States, it... more To understand China's approach to strategic or great-power competition with the United States, it's important to understand China's history since at least 1800, the legacy of imperialism, and the Century of Humiliation.

Routledge eBooks, Sep 20, 2021

Routledge eBooks, Sep 20, 2021

Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, 2020

Recently released in paperback, Mobilizing Shanghai Youth is Kristin Mulready-Stone's first book ... more Recently released in paperback, Mobilizing Shanghai Youth is Kristin Mulready-Stone's first book and the 104th volume in the series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia. It is a welcome addition to the literature. Meticulously researched and written in clear prose, the text reveals new empirical details regarding the development of youth organizations in war-era Shanghai and related conflicts within and among the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Guomindang (GMD), and Japanese collaborationist regimes. In addition, the volume provides broader insights into the role of context, the use of propaganda, the development of communism and fascism, and the effectiveness of mobilization strategies. Dr. Mulready-Stone should be lauded for her comparative approach and for her mining of archival material that has been little studied (and must have been laborious to review-the documents include handwritten notes scrawled on paper scraps). With careful attention to detail, Mulready-Stone draws on primary documents to examine the Shanghai branches of three youth organizations-the CCP-affiliated Socialist/Communist Youth League (SYL/CYL), the GMD-affiliated Three People's Principles Youth Corps (三青團 Sanqingtuan; SQT), and the China Youth Corps (CYC) affiliated with the Japanese collaborationist regime-between 1919 and the end of the Second World War. She chooses Shanghai for her case studies because it is one of the few locations where all three organizations existed. Following an introductory chapter that effectively sets the backdrop for the development of the three Shanghai-based organizations, three pairs of chapters, split roughly chronologically, treat each group in turn. Chapters 1 and 2 examine the Shanghai branch of the CCP-affiliated SYL, tracing its expansion, its renaming and reorienting as the CYL, and its subsequent decline. Chapters 3 and 4 turn to the GMD-affiliated Shanghai SQT, highlighting its vibrancy in contrast to other branches more firmly under GMD control and critiquing the many misguided approaches emanating from Chiang Kai-shek's obsession with inculcating ideological dogmatism and reverence of his leadership. In chapters 5 and 6, Mulready-Stone demonstrates how the Japanese-affiliated CYC managed to attract members, primarily by focusing on practical tasks such as rebuilding infrastructure, providing social services, and maintaining order. In a relatively brief concluding chapter, the book's overall findings are reiterated: that the varied successes and failures of the three groups can be explained by the fact that "Chinese youth wanted action and results, not preparation and training" or ideological indoctrination (188) and that the SQT in Shanghai served as a "valuable asset" and a "potent resistance organization" precisely because it was "out of reach of the stultifying hand of the GMD" (5). A key focus throughout the text is the influence of contextual factors on the vitality of the three organizations. One conundrum is that in some cases-namely, the CYL following the violent suppression of Communists during the White Terror of 1927-a lack of security and the need to operate underground were devastating to the organization; in other cases-most prominently the SQT in Shanghai under Japanese occupation-a similar lack of security and covert operation invigorated the group. Meanwhile, Mulready

Mobilizing Shanghai Youth, 2014

Twentieth-Century China, 2019

Recently released in paperback, Mobilizing Shanghai Youth is Kristin Mulready-Stone's first book ... more Recently released in paperback, Mobilizing Shanghai Youth is Kristin Mulready-Stone's first book and the 104th volume in the series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia. It is a welcome addition to the literature. Meticulously researched and written in clear prose, the text reveals new empirical details regarding the development of youth organizations in war-era Shanghai and related conflicts within and among the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Guomindang (GMD), and Japanese collaborationist regimes. In addition, the volume provides broader insights into the role of context, the use of propaganda, the development of communism and fascism, and the effectiveness of mobilization strategies. Dr. Mulready-Stone should be lauded for her comparative approach and for her mining of archival material that has been little studied (and must have been laborious to review-the documents include handwritten notes scrawled on paper scraps). With careful attention to detail, Mulready-Stone draws on primary documents to examine the Shanghai branches of three youth organizations-the CCP-affiliated Socialist/Communist Youth League (SYL/CYL), the GMD-affiliated Three People's Principles Youth Corps (三青團 Sanqingtuan; SQT), and the China Youth Corps (CYC) affiliated with the Japanese collaborationist regime-between 1919 and the end of the Second World War. She chooses Shanghai for her case studies because it is one of the few locations where all three organizations existed. Following an introductory chapter that effectively sets the backdrop for the development of the three Shanghai-based organizations, three pairs of chapters, split roughly chronologically, treat each group in turn. Chapters 1 and 2 examine the Shanghai branch of the CCP-affiliated SYL, tracing its expansion, its renaming and reorienting as the CYL, and its subsequent decline. Chapters 3 and 4 turn to the GMD-affiliated Shanghai SQT, highlighting its vibrancy in contrast to other branches more firmly under GMD control and critiquing the many misguided approaches emanating from Chiang Kai-shek's obsession with inculcating ideological dogmatism and reverence of his leadership. In chapters 5 and 6, Mulready-Stone demonstrates how the Japanese-affiliated CYC managed to attract members, primarily by focusing on practical tasks such as rebuilding infrastructure, providing social services, and maintaining order. In a relatively brief concluding chapter, the book's overall findings are reiterated: that the varied successes and failures of the three groups can be explained by the fact that "Chinese youth wanted action and results, not preparation and training" or ideological indoctrination (188) and that the SQT in Shanghai served as a "valuable asset" and a "potent resistance organization" precisely because it was "out of reach of the stultifying hand of the GMD" (5). A key focus throughout the text is the influence of contextual factors on the vitality of the three organizations. One conundrum is that in some cases-namely, the CYL following the violent suppression of Communists during the White Terror of 1927-a lack of security and the need to operate underground were devastating to the organization; in other cases-most prominently the SQT in Shanghai under Japanese occupation-a similar lack of security and covert operation invigorated the group. Meanwhile, Mulready

The Routledge History of the Second World War

The Routledge History of the Second World War

The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

Joint Force Quarterly, 2024