What would the victors claim after Japan's defeat?

What territories would the Allied powers try to secure in the postwar settlement?

Britain would recover Hong Kong and might seek influence at Shanghai, Germany would press for Tsingtao, China would demand the return of Chinese territory, and other powers could contest Japan's island possessions and frontier gains.

The coalition's unity against Japan would not erase competition over the peace. Britain's clear objective is the recovery of Hong Kong, with possible additional influence around Shanghai, while Germany could treat the restoration of Tsingtao as a prestige prize. China would oppose the re-creation of a German enclave on Chinese territory, and the Soviet Union and maritime powers would have their own interests in islands and border regions. Weihaiwei is the better operating base, making Tsingtao more important as a settlement claim than as the campaign's central naval objective.