World War I: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912–1949)" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a>, which had heretofore been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Labour_Corps" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chinese Labour Corps">shipping labourers</a> to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Powers" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central Powers">Central Powers</a>, although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.<sup about="#mwt141" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-26"}}' id="cite_ref-26" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_14#cite_note-26" id="mw4g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 26;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw4w">[26]</span></a></sup>
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