Wudao Protocols

The Wudao Protocols is an agreement between Shi Dynasty and Aestia-Nippon alliance, regulating the relationship between the two parties. The term Wudao Protocols is also used as an umbrella term for other treaties and forced concessions between Shi and other Western Powers.

Signed in the city of Wudao, the Protocols have become a definitive force in the recent Shi politics, and is viewed by the Chinese as shameful humiliation.

Protocols

 * Limitation of Shi ability to wage wars with the foreign control committee at the foreign ministry.
 * Free passage and protection for the citizens and informats of Aestia and Nippon.
 * Free military access throughout the country for Aestia and Nippon.
 * Handover of Shi military industry to Nippon for usage in accordance with the Treaty of Kyoto.
 * Shi neutrality in any major war not targeting Shi itself.
 * Limitation of Shi army to at most 300k soldiers (excluding provincial garrisons and militias).
 * Limitation of Shi navy to at most 50 ships, in accordance with the Seoul Naval Treaty.
 * Free education for all children according to western standards.
 * The foreign supervision over the administrative offices at national and provincial levels.
 * Standardization of infrastructure throughout the country, in accordance with the Treaty of Kyoto.

Treaty of Kyoto
The Treaty of Kyoto was signed in 1904, between Nippon and Shi. It regulates the Nipponese influence in Shi, most notably the usage of confiscated Shi industry, and Nipponese investments in Shi.

Hongkong Accords
The Hongkong Accords is an agreement signed in 1902 between Imperium and Shi, and again in 1934 following the Second Tigeric War. The Accords regulates the trade between Shi and Imperium (and nations dependent on it), the influence of Imperium in East Asia, and the membership of Imperium in the Legislative Council. The 1934 renegotiation of the Accords saw the leasing of Guangzhouwan to Imperium for twenty years.

Seoul Naval Treaty
The Seoul Naval Treaty was signed in 1914, amidst the Great War. Seeking to prevent a mutually ruinous naval armament race between Asian nations, Nippon invited Shi, Bataan, Indochina, Siam, Borneo, Sumatra, Sunda, Java and Hindustan to sign the full-effect naval arms limitation treaty and Aurora, Aestia and Imperium for partial effect treaty. Of these nations, Siam, Sunda and Imperium refused, but the rest reached the agreement by November 1914, and the Seoul Naval Treaty was born.

Of its signatories, Sumatra was split in half in 1917, resulting in both withdrawing; Sunda, Java and Hindustan withdrew in mid-1920s as a result of change in politics; Siam gave up on treaty following the Siam-Shan war of 1929; Indochina left in 1931 as a result of war with Siam. The remaining members, including communitarianist Borneo and Bataan, attempted to renew the treaty in 1932, but unable to come to agreement, Borneo and Bataan withdrew as well. Aurora gave up partial signatory upon the conclusion of the First Tigeric War, and Aestia withdrew in accordance with the Peace of Valga in 1935.