The Evolution of the British Foreign Policy toward China in the May 30 Movement

At fast, the British government played hardball with Chinese request when the May 30 Movement broke up. But Chinese National Feelings on the subject have tended to run high, which made some British officers realize that the world situation was undergoing great changes, and that they must make concessions to the Chinese Nationalism of "abolishing old treaty". Then the foreign policy toward China seemed to compromise with the nationalism.