Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kasar Sin ba ta da tsaka tsaki a farkon yakin, kamar yadda kasar ta kasance cikin rikice-rikice na kudi, rashin kwanciyar hankali na siyasa, da rauni na soja. A shekara ta 1914, sojojin Japan da na Burtaniya sun rushe wasu daga cikin mallakar Jamus a China. Yuan Shikai a asirce ya baiwa jami'in diflomasiyyar Burtaniya John Jordan sojoji dubu hamsin don sake kwace mulkin mallaka na sojojin Jamus a Qingdao
, amma an ƙi shi. Japan ta ci gaba da kama Qingdao kuma ta mamaye sassan lardin Shandong.