Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yekutanga (1914<unk>1918), China yakatsigira maAllies pachimiro chekuti Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory paShandong peninsula, iyo yaive yeGerman Empire isati yatorwa neJapan
muna 1914, aizodzorerwa kuChina. Zvisinei, muna 1915, China yakabvuma pasina chido zvikumbiro gumi nezvitatu zveJapan, izvo, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, zvaibvuma kutonga kweJapan zvaimbotongwa neGermany. Britain neFrance zvakavimbisa Japan kuti yaigona kuchengeta idzi nzvimbo. Pakupera kwa1918, China yakasimbisazve kuendeswa kwacho uye yakagamuchira muripo kubva kuJapan. Chinyorwa 156 cheChibvumirano cheVersailles chakatamisa nzvimbo yeKiautschou pamwe nekodzero, mazita uye ropafadzo dzakawanikwa nekuda kwechibvumirano cheChina neGerman cha1898 kuHumambo hweJapan pane kudzosera kuChina manejimendi.