This collection includes the microfilmed U.S. Department of State records for 1910-1929 relating to the political relations between the United States and China, and relations between China and other states. The collection consists predominantly of instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials; the despatches are often accompanied with enclosures. Also included in these records are the correspondence, reports, and journals of the commissions concerned with extra-territoriality in China, as well as notes between the Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives in the United States. Also featured is memoranda prepared by officials of the Department, and correspondence with officials of other government departments, private firms and individuals.