- a variation of Jiaozhou.
Kiaochow
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Germans seized Kiaochow Bay and created a naval base there; they also acquired railway and mining rights in Shantung, which, by the Treaty of Versailles, passed to Japan in accordance with the Fourteen Points.
From The Problem of China by Russell, Bertrand
Japan, although by the fortune of war Germany's heir to Kiaochow, did not purpose retaining it for the remaining term of the lease; she had, in fact, already promised to restore it to China.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
Yes or no, does Kiaochow, whose population is exclusively Chinese, form an integral part of the Chinese state?
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
Yes or no, was Kiaochow captured by the English and Japanese troops in 1914 with the sole object of destroying a dangerous naval base?
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
It seems only the other day that Prince Henry was here for the special purpose of donating this mark of the personal esteem of the Kaiser after the Kiaochow affair.
From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)
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