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Treaty of Nanking - Wikipedia The Treaty of Nanking was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842 It was the first of what the Chinese later termed the "unequal treaties"
Treaty of Nanjing | Definition, Terms, Facts | Britannica Treaty of Nanjing, treaty (August 29, 1842) that ended the first Opium War, the first of the unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers The terms included China paying the British an indemnity and ceding the territory of Hong Kong, while British merchants were allowed greater trade opportunities
Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking), 1842 | USC China Whereas a Treaty between Us and Our Good Brother The Emperor of China, was concluded and signed, in the English and Chinese Languages, on board Our Ship the Cornwallis, at Nanking, on the Twenty-ninth day of August, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-two, by the Plenipotentiaries of Us and of Our said Good Brother
Treaty of Nanking - New World Encyclopedia The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which marked the end of the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China It was signed on August 29, 1842, aboard the British warship HMS Cornwallis in Nanjing (then known as "Nanking") It is the first of the Unequal Treaties signed by China with a foreign power in which British citizens in China gained immunity from
Treaty of Nanking - Wikisource, the free online library The Treaty of Nanking was signed in Nanking on 29 August 1842 between the British and Chinese delegation Ratifications were exchanged in Hong Kong on 26 June 1843 Victoria, by the Grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, c , c , c
Nanjing (1842): Unequal Treaties and the Right to War The Peace Treaty of Nanjing of 29 August 1842 (93 CTS 465), which put a formal end to the First Opium War between China and Great Britain (1839–1842), is often listed as the first of the unequal treaties whereby foreign, mainly Western powers broke open the doors of trade to the Middle Kingdom and forced it into the logic of imperial international law
MIT Visualizing Cultures Under the Treaty of Nanking, signed on August 29, 1842, China agreed to open the five ports requested (Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai), pay an indemnity of 20 million silver dollars, abolish the Cohong monopoly that hitherto had controlled trade in and through Canton, and adhere to a fixed schedule of customs duties
Treaty of Nanjing - Oxford Reference The treaty between Britain and China that ended the First Opium War The first Unequal Treaty, it ceded Hong Kong to Britain, broke the Chinese monopoly on trade, and opened the treaty ports of Xiamen (Amoy), Guangzhou (Canton), Fuzhou (Foochow), Ningbo (Ningpo), and Shanghai to foreign trade
Nanking, Treaty of - Encyclopedia. com The Treaty of Nanking signaled not only China's loss of sovereignty over key aspects of political, economic, and diplomatic activity but also the dawn of a new international order in East Asia First to dine at the table set by the British was the United States, which in 1844 secured an agreement called the Treaty of Wanghia
The Treaty of Nanjing - LearnSocialStudies The Treaty of Nanjing (also spelled Nanking), signed on August 29, 1842, ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between the Qing Dynasty of China and Great Britain It was the first of the so-called Unequal Treaties and imposed a series of significant concessions on China Below are the key terms of the treaty: