The likin or lijin was a form of domestic customs tax in the Chinese Empire and Republic , which was first introduced as a means of financing the largely locally recruited armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion .
5-752: Lijin or Likin may refer to: Likin (taxation) (厘金/禮金), system of internal tariffs in China during the late Qing dynasty Lijin County (利津县), of Dongying City, Shandong, China Lijin Town (利津镇), seat of Lijin County Lijin, Iran (ليجين), a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-665: The Taipings were suppressed in 1864, the likin became a permanent feature of the Chinese tax system and it became an important source of revenue for local government. In many ways, the tax signified the decentralization of state authority in the wake of the Taiping rebellion. The Treaty of Nanjing ending the First Opium War , the most favored nation clauses in subsequent " unequal treaties " with imperialist Europe , and
15-652: The disorder of the Taiping Rebellion reduced China's ability to impose or levy their own external tariffs ( customs ), with the Chinese Maritime Customs Service under European control after 1854. Foreign merchants protested against the likin as a violation of China's treaties and raised the issue repeatedly, including at the Chefoo Convention . As it was imposed on all goods both foreign and domestic, however, it survived
20-498: The title Lijin . 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=Lijin&oldid=1178968662 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Likin (taxation) The likin tax
25-546: Was first introduced in 1853 by censor Lei Yixian in the area around Yangzhou as a way of raising funds in the campaigns against local rebels. As the central government was short of revenue, the imperial court sanctioned the tax and it quickly became an important source of funds for the campaign against the Taiping and Nian rebellions. The tax was levied on an ad valorem basis on goods in transit between provinces and on shops, with rates ranging from 2 to 10 per cent. After
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