The Navy in the Far East -- The Canton customs crisis -- The main gate : Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta -- The Navy and the May 30th incident of 1925 and after -- Shameen and South China -- The Upper Yangtze -- Explosions on the Yangtze, 1926 -- 1927 : a year of decision -- The Nanking incident of 1927 -- After Nanking -- Calls to the north -- An admiral diplomat in command -- The Navy and a still disunited China -- The Navy and "China united" -- Crumbling foreign collaboration -- The Shanghai incident -- The Shanghai incident : the gathering storm -- The Navy behind "big stick" diplomacy in 1932 -- The Shanghai incident : after hostilities -- Sequels to the Shanghai incident -- Communist unrest and Japanese aggression.