The Shandong Question

Jack Beldon, the U.S. Embassy's best Chinese history and language expert, is unexpectedly assigned the secret task of preparing a dossier on the East Shandong Islands for the State Department in order to better understand the 100 year old Shandong Question. Steeped in ancient myth and history, a point of refuge as well as a strategic vantage point, the Shandong Islands loom large on the geo-political stage. Above all, this is the place where foreign powers seized the tail of the Chinese Dra...