五口通商
五口通商
wǔ kǒu tōng shāng
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
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- the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
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南京条约(Nán jīng Tiáo yuē)— Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
→中俄伊犁条约(Zhōng É Yī lí Tiáo yuē)— Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
→中俄北京条约(Zhōng É Běi jīng Tiáo yuē)— the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
→中俄尼布楚条约(Zhōng É Ní bù chǔ Tiáo yuē)— Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
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