COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Treaty of Nanking
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Treaty of Hong Kong
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The Free Trade Treaty
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The New Port Authority Treaty
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Detailed explanation-1: -Treaty of Nanjing, (August 29, 1842) treaty that ended the first Opium War, the first of the unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers. China paid the British an indemnity, ceded the territory of Hong Kong, and agreed to establish a “fair and reasonable” tariff.
Detailed explanation-2: -The agreements, often reached after a military defeat or a threat of military invasion, contained one-sided terms, requiring China to cede land, pay reparations, open treaty ports, give up tariff autonomy, legalise opium import, and grant extraterritorial privileges to foreign citizens.
Detailed explanation-3: -That said, the first unequal treaty is the peace treaty between the Qing Empire (China) and the United Kingdom signed in 1842, known as the Treaty of Nanking.
Detailed explanation-4: -unequal treaty, in Chinese history, any of a series of treaties and agreements in which China was forced to concede many of its territorial and sovereignty rights.