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China: Satirical cartoon in punch portrays Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm (r.1888-1918) as a new Chinese Emperor after the forced cession of Qingdao by China to Germany in 1898.

The Kiautschou Bay concession was a German colonial concession in Imperial China which existed from 1898 to 1914. It had an area of 552 sq km, and was located around Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula, which lay in the imperial province of Shandong in northern China. Jiaozhou was romanized as Kiaochow, Kiauchau or Kiao-Chau in English and Kiautschou or Kiaochau in German. The administrative center was at Tsingtau - modern Qingdao.
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China: Satirical cartoon in punch portrays Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm (r.1888-1918) as a new Chinese Emperor after the forced cession of Qingdao by China to Germany in 1898.
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The Kiautschou Bay concession was a German colonial concession in Imperial China which existed from 1898 to 1914. It had an area of 552 sq km, and was located around Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula, which lay in the imperial province of Shandong in northern China. Jiaozhou was romanized as Kiaochow, Kiauchau or Kiao-Chau in English and Kiautschou or Kiaochau in German. The administrative center was at Tsingtau - modern Qingdao.
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3618 x 4845 px | 50.2 MB
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30.6 x 41.0 cm | 12.1 x 16.1 in (300 dpi)
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