810 Chapter 6
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Chinese Nationalist guns at Taku fired on Japanese destroyers. One Japa-
nese officer died of his wounds. Japan and other signatories of the Boxer Protocol
told China to remove the mines planted near Taku within three days. The countries
reserved the right to act if China did not comply.
Coding changes: End Date changed from March 18, 1926.
MID#145
Started in January 1927. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/710 China dyad
dispute list.
MID#2209
Dispute Number: 2209
Date(s): April 2, 1927 to August 30, 1927
Participants: 740 Japan/710 China
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Japanese troops opened fire on a Chinese mob looting the Japanese sec-
tion of Hankow. This move led Japanese troops to occupy China’s Shantung region to
protect Japanese nationals during the Chinese civil war.
Coding changes: End Date changed from April 3, 1927. Outcome changed from
Unclear. Settlement changed from Unclear.
MID#40
Dispute Number: 40
Date(s): April 20, 1928 to March 28, 1929
Participants: 740 Japan/710 China
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 101–250 deaths
Narrative: Japan held ambitions for Manchuria, but so did Chang Kaishek. In 1927
the Japanese government provided support for warlord Chang Tso-lin to protect Man-
churia from the Kuomintang (KMT) and encouraged Chiang Kai-Shek to fight the
communists rather than march on Manchuria. The KMT did not change the direction
of their march and soon clashed with Tso-lin’s forces. Tso-lin’s forces did not fare
well initially, and it looked as though they might collapse, so Japan sent troops to
occupy Tsinan. However, two days later Tso-lin defeated Kaishek’s forces, and the
Japanese withdrew from Tsinan in September 1927.
Kaishek met Japanese Prime Minister Baron Tanaka in December 1927, but they
did not reach an agreement. Rumor of a new KMT march on Manchuria began to cir-
culate in December, and in April the KMT began to march north again. On April 17,
Tso-lin’s forces attempted to stop the KMT’s advance but failed. Two days later Japa-
nese troops moved to occupy Tsinan, and they entered the city on April 20. Japanese
and KMT forces clashed on April 30 and again on May 3. Although both sides reached