The only battle to be fought in the Far East during World War One had a profound and lasting impact on Chinese-Japanese relations. Germany controlled the port of Tsingtao (modern day Qingdao) on the east coast of China until an Anglo-Japanese force invaded in September 1914.
As part of a BBC series looking at stories beyond the trenches, Carol Yarwood from the BBC Chinese service recounts the siege of Tsingtao.
ww1 Beyond the trenches - Versailles shoot
“THe siege of tsingtao”
I helped produce the Versailles elements of this story.
The series ran on BBC Two, BBC News, World TV as well as online in a bespoke WW1 iWonder Guides
Presented by Carol Yarwood
Producer - Jonathan Wells
Directed, filmed and edited by Owain Rich
Second camera Chris West