The Chefoo Convention , known in Chinese as the Yantai Treaty , was an unequal treaty between Britiain and Qing China , signed by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hongzhang in Chefoo (now a district of Yantai ) on 21 August 1876. The convention settled the Margary Affair in exchange for expanded commercial concessions to Britain.
4-459: Anglo-Chinese Convention may refer to: Chefoo Convention in 1876 Convention of Calcutta in 1890 Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory in 1898 Convention Between Great Britain and China Respecting Tibet in 1906 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-569: The Chefoo Convention as an " unequal treaty ". The convention consisted of sixteen articles and was divided into three sections. The first section dealt with the resolution of the Margary Affair , calling for the punishment of the people implicated in the murder of Augustus Raymond Margary the year before and stipulating that an indemnity be paid to Margary's relatives. The second section dealt with official intercourse between
12-521: The title Anglo-Chinese Convention . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anglo-Chinese_Convention&oldid=1122075026 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chefoo Convention The Chinese government has described
16-501: The two empires and specified the extraterritorial privileges of British subjects in China. The final section dealt with trade, prohibiting the levying of the Lijin in the treaty ports, outlawing other forms of taxes on foreign goods, and opening a number of new treaty ports. One practical result of the treaty was that the official mission of apology to Britain, led by Guo Songtao , became
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