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|conventional_long_name = Kiautschou Bay |common_name = Jiaozhou Bay |continent = Asia |region = East Asia |country = China |status=Leased Territory |empire=Germany |status_text=German Leased Territory |year_start = 1898 |year_end = 1914 |date_start = 6 March |date_end = 7 November |event_start = Colonization |event_end= Japanese Occupation |p1 = Qing Dynasty |flag_p1 = China Qing Dynasty Flag 1889.svg |p2 = German New Guinea Company |flag_p2 = German new guinea flag.svg |s1 = Japanese Empire |flag_s1 = Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg |image_flag = Flag of the German Empire.svg |image_coat = |symbol = Coats of arms of German colonies |image_map = Schantung Kiautschou.jpg |image_map_caption = Kiautschou Bay concession |capital = Tsingtau |common_languages = * German (official) * Mandarin Chinese |title_leader = Head of State |leader1 = ''Kaiser'' Wilhelm II |title_deputy = |deputy1 = |era = German colonization in the Pacific Ocean |currency = Goldmark }} The Kiautschou Bay concession was a German leased territory in Imperial China which existed from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of , it was located around Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula ((ドイツ語:Schantung-Halbinsel)). Jiaozhou was romanized as Kiaochow, Kiauchau or Kiao-Chau in English and as Kiautschou or Kiaochau in German. The administrative center was at Tsingtau (Pinyin ''Qingdao''). ==Background of German expansion in China== Germany was a relative latecomer to the imperialistic scramble for colonies across the globe, a German colony in China was envisioned as a two-fold enterprise: as a coaling station to support a global naval presence, and because it was felt that a German colonial empire would support the economy in the mother country. Densely populated China came into view as a potential market, with thinkers such as Max Weber demanding an active colonial policy from the government. In particular the opening of China was made a high priority, because it was thought to be the most important non-European market in the world. However, a global policy (''Weltpolitik'') without global military influence appeared impracticable, so, assessing Britain's great strength came from its navy, the Germans began to build one too. This fleet was supposed to serve German interests during peace through gunboat diplomacy, and in times of war, through commerce raiding, to protect German trade routes and distrupt hostile ones. Imitating Britain, a network of global naval bases was a key requirement for this intention. Again intending to directly copy Britain, the acquisition of a harbor in China was from the start intended to be a model colony: all installations, the administration, the surrounding infrastructure and the utilization was to show the Chinese, the German nation and other colonial powers an effective colonial policy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kiautschou Bay concession」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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