Belgium: assets in China of, 21, 46, 218; and Boxer Protocol, 17n51, 86n8, 217n13; Chinese diplomatic missions to, 68n142, 198, 204n310, 441n383; consulates of, 209, 227n50, 316; diplomatic missions of, 52n73, 56n90, 170, 200, 332; and Dutch consulates, 337, 338, 339; and Dutch East Indies, 80n190, 316, 351; and extraterritoriality, 219n24, 251n174; government in exile of, 206–7; and Netherlands, 3, 149n5, 200, 328n152; and recognition of PRC, 332, 379, 385; and Taiwan, 422n308, 440; trade with China of, 48; and Treaty of Brussels, 293
Central Committee for Relief to the Chinese People (Centraal Comité voor Hulpverlening aan de Burgerbevolking van China; Zhongguo Pingmin Jiuji Hui 中国平民救济会) 19899
citizenship: in 1945 treaty, 257–61; and Chinese Nationalist government, 261; in Dutch East Indies, 232–33, 310, 463; and extraterritoriality, 242–43; in Indonesia, 261, 319; and jus sanguinis, 261, 463, 464; laws on, 233, 234, 261, 463, 464; of overseas Chinese, 211, 223, 229–35, 310, 319; and PRC, 261, 319; in Qing period, 233, 261; treaties on, 234, 300n17, 319, 473. See also Dutch citizens; overseas Chinese
Dutch China Syndicate (Nederlandsch Syndicaat voor China) 4647
Dutch citizens: in China, 195, 223–29, 234, 335; of Chinese descent, 211, 223; and consular missions, 21, 64, 193, 195, 338, 339; and extraterritoriality, 80; Japanese internment of, 123, 172–73, 193, 324, 336, 468; and recognition of PRC, 400, 402–3. See also citizenship; overseas Chinese
Dutch-Chinese relations: early (1600–1840), 11–13; early modern (1840–1927), 13–20; modern, 11, 20–24; in postwar period (1946–50), 24, 26, 27–28, 144, 214, 281–90, 293–442; power dynamics in, 450–53, 454; in prewar period (1927–36), 24, 26–27, 33–139; in recent period (1950–2018), 413–23; scholarship on, 6–11, 20–21; sources for, 26, 27–28, 29, 459–60; in World War II (1937–45), 24, 26, 27, 140–43, 147–277
East Indies, Dutch: and 1945 treaty, 166, 223, 236–37, 242–43, 244–48, 257–61, 275; aid to China from, 155–56, 212; and Air Transport Agreement, 306; anti-Chinese violence in, 288, 309–17, 470; and Britain, 80n190, 150, 316, 464; Brondgeest in, 375–76; categories of residents in, 230–31, 233, 234; Chinese consular missions in, 63, 76–82, 207–8, 211–12, 233–34, 239–41, 259, 314, 329, 349–54, 356, 463, 470; and Chinese name, 165; Chinese Nationalist agitation in, 166–67, 235; Chinese students in, 119, 127–28; Chinese trade with, 22, 38, 47–50, 168–69, 234, 302–3, 355, 471; Chinese warships in, 43, 44–45; citizenship in, 232–33, 310, 463; colonialism in, 2–3, 20–22, 24–25, 355, 443–44, 447, 461; and Consular Convention, 77, 212, 233–34, 235, 239, 242; decolonization of, 296–99, 309–19, 320, 355, 368, 439–40, 443, 447; Dutch citizens of Chinese descent in, 23,
East Indies, Dutch (cont.)
211, 223, 233, 257, 260, 310; Dutch containment policy in, 309–10, 313; Dutch legal system in, 23, 227, 236, 244, 245; Dutch military aggression in, 297, 314–15, 317, 318, 329, 351, 355, 376, 443, 452, 471; Dutch warships in, 41, 44; and Dutch-Chinese relations, 8, 20–21, 25–26, 357, 358; economy of, 35–36, 48, 229; Great Depression in, 35–36, 48; immigration to, 45, 223, 229, 230, 466; Japanese occupation of, 7, 40, 123, 152, 160–61, 172–73, 189, 207, 208, 213, 214, 452, 459, 469; Japanese relations with, 9n20, 33n1, 49, 81, 149–51, 154, 157, 212, 230, 232, 464, 468; in postwar period, 302–3, 336, 340, 341, 345, 355, 356; and recognition of PRC, 380, 387; Sneevliet in, 358–59; sympathy for China in, 154, 155–56; in World War II, 4, 149–52, 154, 159, 166–67, 172–73, 187, 276, 350. See also Indonesia; overseas Chinese; Peranakans; Totoks
Europe: Chinese cultural influence in, 12–13; Chinese missions in, 68; Dutch relations with, 299, 320, 388; missionaries from, 14; in World War II, 213, 221. See also Marshall Plan; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; particular countries
Foreign Affairs, Chinese Ministry of (Waijiaobu; 外交部; GMD): and Chinese consulates, 210; and Chinese diplomatic missions, 178, 180, 201, 340; and Chinese name for Holland, 165; and Dutch military mission, 190; and extraterritoriality, 227–28, 236, 248, 250; history of, 67–68; organization of, 196; relocation to Chongqing of, 148; relocation to Nanjing of, 320; in World War II, 148, 195–96
Foreign Affairs, Chinese Ministry of (Waijiaobu; 外交部; PRC): and diplomatic relations with Indonesia, 434–36; and diplomatic relations with Netherlands, 405–7–409, 410–13, 414–16; and preexisting treaties, 267; and recognition, 267, 410, 432–34
France: assets in China of, 46, 217, 424; in Big Five coalition, 293, 451, 470; and Boxer Protocol, 17n51, 86n8, 87, 88, 217n13; Chinese diplomatic missions to, 68n142, 198, 346–47; and Chinese Nationalist government, 38, 69, 332, 472; Chinese treaties with, 14, 219n20, 224, 304; consular missions of, 63, 351; diplomatic missions of, 52n74, 56n90, 321, 331n166, 391; and Dutch East Indies, 80n190, 316, 351, 354, 464; Dutch relations with, 1, 2, 3, 21, 51, 169, 191, 328n152; and extraterritoriality, 14, 215, 217n11, 251n174, 275; in Four-Power Treaty, 150n8; and Geneva Conference, 414n260; in Indochina, 149, 151, 275, 304, 402, 414n260, 431; and Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), 464; military of, 40n24; mutiny of Chinese diplomats in, 346–47; overseas territories of, 232n78; and PRC, 269, 379, 380, 385, 386, 401, 460; and Taiwan, 422n308; and Treaty of Brussels, 293; in UNSC, 293; in World War II, 149, 198, 200, 275–76
Hague, The: Chinese consular mission in, 349–50; Chinese diplomatic missions in, 68–76, 196–201, 208, 287, 341–49; evacuation of Chinese mission from, 200; relocation of Chinese mission to, 203, 206, 207, 341–43
Hong Kong: and Britain, 5, 63, 384; Chinese Nationalist agents in, 440; Dutch consular missions in, 63, 337, 338, 340; and Dutch East Indies trade, 47, 168; postwar Dutch diplomats in, 333n181, 334; in World War II, 152, 174
Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing (Nanjing Shuili Kexue Yuanjiuyuan 南京水利科学研究院) 97 131
immigration: to Dutch East Indies, 45, 223, 229, 230, 466; and extraterritoriality, 244–46, 247, 248; Japanese, 230; to Netherlands, 7; quotas on, 229, 244–46, 300n17. See also overseas Chinese; Peranakans; Totoks
international law: and 1945 treaty, 258, 260–61; on diplomatic recognition, 268–69, 398–400, 403–4, 425–27, 429, 446; and extraterritoriality, 25, 215, 222; on “odious debts,” 264–65; principles in, 258–59, 260; and rise of PRC, 453–55; on state succession and international treaties, 262–74; and unequal treaties, 221–22, 264–65
Italy: assets in China of, 424; and Boxer Protocol, 17n51, 86n8, 217n13; Chinese relations with, 40n24, 68n142, 162n65, 219n24; diplomatic missions of, 52n74, 56, 56n90, 331n166, 332n173; Dutch relations with, 21, 51; and extraterritoriality, 217n11, 251n174; and Wang Jingwei regime, 281; in World War II, 149
Jin Wensi 金问泗 (Wunsz King): and 1945 treaty, 206, 260, 483, 487, 490, 491, 492, 493; as ambassador, 162–63, 204, 205, 482; and Dutch recognition of PRC, 348n252; and Dutch West Indies, 210; and Dutch-Chinese cultural relations, 72–73, 74, 81; and Dutch-Chinese relations, 42, 449; and extraterritoriality negotiations, 214, 235n91, 237–50; and League of Nations, 71, 72, 74, 75; in London, 203, 468, 469, 476; in Netherlands, 69–75, 464, 468, 469, 476, 482; photos of, 136; and Taiwan, 441n383; in World War II, 157–58, 196–208, 468
Nationalist government of China: and 1945 treaty, 237–49, 257, 260–61, 275; and Britain, 34, 154, 198, 332; and Brondgeest, 369–70, 372–73, 377; and Chinese economy, 74, 81, 89, 302; in Chongqing, 148, 155, 295, 296, 383, 467, 472; and decolonization, 27, 166, 319, 355, 444; and Dutch East Indies, 40, 44–45, 231–35, 300–301, 308, 310–19; Dutch military relations with, 40–45, 158–59, 187–92, 197, 213, 469; Dutch relations with, 36–50, 53, 54, 63, 153–69, 299–319, 330–31, 345–46, 403; Dutch withdrawal of recognition from, 320, 398, 410, 441, 443, 446, 473; and Dutch-Chinese Air Transport Agreement, 303–8; and extraterritoriality, 40, 43, 218–22, 223, 227–28, 237, 239–40, 249, 251, 263, 464; foreign relations of, 55, 67, 80, 219–20; founding of (1927), 6; and France, 38, 69, 332, 472; and Germany, 154, 156, 157, 201–2, 212; in Guangzhou, 345, 346; and Indonesia, 310–19, 351, 354, 355, 389, 432, 434n360, 435, 443–46, 452; intelligence operations of, 182, 188, 191, 376; and Japan, 40, 221; and Legation Quarter, 55–56; and mutiny of diplomats in France, 346–47; in Nanjing, 33–131, 281, 295, 300, 320, 378–79, 467; and overseas Chinese, 23, 25, 27, 40, 45, 67, 80, 131, 166, 167, 169, 210, 214, 223, 230, 231, 234, 235, 244, 261, 301, 309–19, 350, 432, 445, 447; in postwar period, 153, 299–301, 330–31, 333, 345–46; and PRC, 266, 393n156, 405, 408; and preexisting treaties, 262–63, 265, 266, 267, 270, 393n156; in prewar period, 34–35, 36, 37, 44; recognition of, 34, 37, 42, 53, 80, 464; and recognition of PRC, 378, 389, 403, 408, 426, 496–99; in Taiwan, 27, 188, 268, 270, 294, 296, 302, 320, 348, 354–56, 400, 472; in UN, 415; and UNSC, 293, 447, 451; and US, 34, 69, 283, 384, 415, 435; withdrawal of recognition from, 27, 320, 348, 355, 383, 387, 398, 410, 411, 434, 441, 443, 446, 473; in World War II, 148, 151–52, 154, 195, 276. See also consular missions, Chinese; diplomatic missions, Chinese
Nationalist Party (Guomindang; GMD): anti-Dutch propaganda of, 241, 248; and CCP, 34, 148, 294–96, 360, 361, 464, 470; and Chinese ambassador, 205; and Indonesian independence movement, 309–19, 351, 355; and Ivens, 363–67; and overseas Chinese, 157, 231; and PRC, 266, 407; and Sneevliet, 359–60; in United Fronts, 34, 148, 359–60, 361, 363–65, 369, 464, 467; US popular support for, 384
Netherlands: assets in China of, 16, 17, 56, 86, 111, 173, 184, 190, 327–28, 424; vs. China, 1; Chinese assets in, 341, 411, 413; Chinese immigrants in, 7; Chinese name for (Helan), 164–65, 469; Chinese students in, 96; diplomatic history of, 2–4; Eighty Years’ War in, 2, 457; and EU, 454, 455; foreign policy of, 3–4, 39, 81, 149, 225, 299, 357, 425–26, 437–42, 449–50; German occupation of, 7, 171, 199–200, 208, 213, 214, 275–76, 452, 457, 468; government in exile of, 149, 151, 158, 169, 171–72, 200, 235, 427, 468, 470, 476; Great Depression in, 35–36; hydraulic engineering in, 83–84; liberation of, 153, 469; Nazi bombing of, 199–200; postwar reconstruction of, 296; as small power, 3, 52, 443, 445, 446, 450–52, 455, 457; unofficial Taiwan representative in, 473; welding incident in, 415, 473
Netherlands, Republic of the United (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) 2
recognition, diplomatic: of Chinese Nationalist government, 34, 37, 42, 53, 80, 464; de facto vs. de jure, 377n75, 399; of Indonesia, 315n95, 348n252, 354, 390, 391, 394, 395, 397, 429–34, 472, 473; of Indonesia by PRC, 348n252, 390, 395, 397, 433–34, 436, 472; international law on, 268–69, 398–400, 403–4, 425–27, 429, 446; PRC view of, 403–9; and preexisting obligations, 165, 254–74, 393n156, 399–400, 405; of USSR, 162, 218, 427; withdrawal from Chinese Nationalists of, 27, 299, 320, 348, 355, 383, 387, 398, 410, 411, 434, 441, 443, 446, 473. See also People’s Republic of China, Dutch recognition of; People’s Republic of China, international recognition of
Soviet Union (USSR): in Big Five coalition, 293, 451, 470; in Big Four coalition, 8, 153, 213, 321, 328, 445; and Brondgeest, 376; Chiang Kai-shek in, 360; Chinese consular missions in, 79n189, 352; Chinese diplomatic missions to, 68; and Chinese Nationalist government, 40n24, 69, 72, 148, 154, 198, 360; and Cold War, 293; diplomatic missions of, 52n74, 55, 321, 331; Dutch relations with, 51, 162; and Geneva Conference, 414n260; and Great Depression, 33; and Indonesia, 354, 398, 429–31, 433, 435n363, 436, 472, 473; and Ivens, 362–63; and Nazi Germany, 201, 427; and PRC, 294, 321, 331, 378, 404, 406, 407, 415; and preexisting treaties, 264; recognition of, 162, 218, 427, 437; recognition of Indonesia by, 348n252, 390, 394, 472; and recognition of PRC, 378, 384, 401, 423, 438, 439; and Sneevliet, 359; in UNSC, 293
Spain: assets in China of, 424; and Boxer Protocol, 17n51, 86n8, 130n239, 217n13; Chinese relations with, 11, 52n73, 56n90, 68n142, 219n24, 225; civil war in, 363; Dutch Eighty Years’ War with, 457, 461; and Dutch recognition of PRC, 427; and extraterritoriality, 217n11; and Netherlands, 2, 457, 461; and Taiwan, 422n308, 461
Switzerland: Chinese officials in, 200, 201, 468; Chinese relations with, 52n73, 56n90, 68n142, 200, 201; Dutch relations with, 172, 193, 200, 328n152, 336; and extraterritoriality, 217nn11–12, 251n174; and PRC, 388, 410n243, 411
Sze, Alfred Sao-ke Sze. See Shi Zhaoji
Szu Sung-Hsi. See Si Songxi
Tai Mingfoe. See Dai Mingfu
Taiwan (Formosa): British consular missions in, 440–41; Chinese Nationalist government in, 27, 188, 268, 270, 294, 296, 302, 320, 348, 354–56, 400, 472; Dutch colonization of, 11–12, 417, 461; Dutch consulate in, 340; Dutch submarines sold to, 416–17, 421, 473; Han settlers in, 12; and recognition of PRC, 377, 429, 440; severing of relations with, 27, 268, 348, 354–55, 398, 429, 440–43, 496–98; trade offices in, 421–23, 473, 474; and UN, 270, 412, 415, 435
United Information Committee of the Anti-aggression Powers, 161
United Kingdom. See Britain
United Nations (UN): Chinese Nationalists in, 412, 415, 435, 444, 445, 447, 451; Civil Aviation Organization of, 304; Consular Commission of, 288, 351; first peacekeeping mission of, 351; founding of, 206, 293, 470; Human Rights Committee of, 417n282; India in, 434n360; and Indonesia, 288, 298n8, 312, 313, 315, 316, 317–18, 351, 352, 434, 435, 444, 471, 472; Indonesian membership in, 389, 390, 391, 430, 435, 437, 473; and international law, 258; and Korean War, 413; PRC membership in, 270, 394, 402, 408, 411, 412, 415, 424, 429, 441, 442, 473. See also UN Security Council
United States (US): in Big Five coalition, 293, 451, 470; in Big Four coalition, 8, 153, 213, 321, 328, 445; and Boxer Protocol, 17n51, 86n8, 87, 88, 217n13; and Brondgeest’s report, 373; and CCP, 372; China Aid Act (1948), 392; Chinese consular missions in, 79n189, 352; Chinese diplomatic missions in, 68n142, 198; Chinese economic relations with, 46, 168–69; Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) in, 245; and Chinese Nationalist government, 34, 63, 68n142, 69, 79n189, 154, 166, 304, 352, 435; Chinese treaties with, 14, 37, 215n4, 219n20, 236, 238, 240–43, 245, 254, 256, 275, 276, 300;
United States (US) (cont.)
communism in, 363, 367, 384; consular missions of, 63, 172, 351, 354; diplomatic missions of, 52n74, 56, 217, 321, 331n166, 383, 391; and Dutch East Indies, 151n13, 316, 351, 464; and Dutch recognition of PRC, 383–84, 401, 424, 427, 428; Dutch relations with, 51, 150, 191, 200, 328n152, 387, 437; and Dutch-Chinese treaties, 224, 228, 254, 275, 276; and extraterritoriality, 39, 213, 215, 217n11, 219–21, 222n36, 235, 236, 238–43, 245, 254, 256, 276, 469; in Four-Power Treaty, 150n8; and Geneva Conference, 414n260; and Indonesia, 297–98, 316, 317, 351, 354, 394, 434–35; and Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), 464; military presence in China of, 40n24, 41, 160n57; and NATO, 293; and PRC, 383n106, 406, 408, 409, 446; and recognition of PRC, 332, 378, 379, 380, 381, 383–84, 386, 387, 389, 390, 415, 424, 426, 428, 436, 438, 439; “Two-Chinas” policy of, 415; in UNSC, 293; and Vietnam, 402; in World War II, 147, 150, 151, 153, 154, 166
World War II (1937–45): and 1945 treaty, 6, 228, 274, 275–76; alliances in, 4, 8, 148, 151–52, 153, 195, 213, 321, 328, 445, 450, 456, 468; Allied victory in, 153; Britain in, 147, 149–51, 166, 275–76; in China, 4, 147–48, 151–52; Chinese Nationalist government in, 148, 151–52, 154, 195, 276; D-Day invasion in, 153, 245–46; Dutch East Indies in, 4, 149–52, 154, 159, 166–67, 172–73, 187, 276, 350; and Dutch neutralist policy, 4, 149, 154–57, 200, 212, 213, 299, 447, 450; and Dutch recognition of PRC, 426; Dutch sympathy in, 214; and Dutch-Chinese relations, 1, 24–27, 140–43, 147–277, 443, 445, 458; Europe-first strategy in, 213, 221; France in, 149, 198, 200, 275–76; in Netherlands, 149–50; stages of, 147, 212, 457n23; and trade, 154, 168–69, 195, 213, 444. See also War of Resistance against Japan