Russian lease of Liaodong Peninsula

Target entity: Russian lease of Liaodong Peninsula
Context triple: [Triple Intervention, followedBy, Russian lease of Liaodong Peninsula]

• A. Kiautschou Bay concession
  The Kiautschou Bay concession was a German colonial leasehold in China centered on the port of Qingdao, serving as a strategic naval base and commercial hub for the German Empire from 1898 to 1914.
• B. Treaty of Shimonoseki
  The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
• C. Shandong Problem
  The Shandong Problem was a post–World War I diplomatic dispute over control of Germany’s former concessions in China’s Shandong province, which became a major flashpoint for Chinese nationalism and anti-imperialist sentiment.
• D. Problems of the Far East
  Problems of the Far East is a late 19th-century geopolitical and travel study by British statesman Lord Curzon examining the politics, societies, and strategic importance of East Asian regions within the context of imperial interests.
• E. Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905
  The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 was an agreement that effectively stripped the Korean Empire of its diplomatic sovereignty and placed it under Japanese control, paving the way for Japan’s formal annexation of Korea.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Russian lease of Liaodong Peninsula
Target entity description: The Russian lease of the Liaodong Peninsula was a late 19th-century imperial concession that granted the Russian Empire control over Port Arthur and surrounding areas in northeastern China, significantly expanding its influence in East Asia and intensifying great-power rivalries in the region.

• A. Kiautschou Bay concession
  The Kiautschou Bay concession was a German colonial leasehold in China centered on the port of Qingdao, serving as a strategic naval base and commercial hub for the German Empire from 1898 to 1914.
• B. Treaty of Shimonoseki
  The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
• C. Shandong Problem
  The Shandong Problem was a post–World War I diplomatic dispute over control of Germany’s former concessions in China’s Shandong province, which became a major flashpoint for Chinese nationalism and anti-imperialist sentiment.
• D. Problems of the Far East
  Problems of the Far East is a late 19th-century geopolitical and travel study by British statesman Lord Curzon examining the politics, societies, and strategic importance of East Asian regions within the context of imperial interests.
• E. Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905
  The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 was an agreement that effectively stripped the Korean Empire of its diplomatic sovereignty and placed it under Japanese control, paving the way for Japan’s formal annexation of Korea.
• F. None of above. chosen