The Treaty of Nanjing, between Great Britain and China, is signed, ending the First Opium War. Among its provisions is that China has to increase the number of treaty ports, where the British can trade and reside, from one to five. It also cedes the territory of Hong Kong to Great Britain.
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The Treaty of Nanking was an unequal treaty between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China to end the First Opium War (1839–1842), signed on 29 August ...
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The Treaty of Nanking was an unequal treaty between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China to end the First Opium War, signed on 29 August 1842. Wikipedia
Condition: Exchange of ratifications
Effective: 26 June 1843
Location: Nanjing, Qing Empire
Signed: 29 August 1842
This treaty was agreed to in Nanjing after the Opium War between Britain and China. It's usually considered the first of the unequal treaties foreign powers ...
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 ...
THE FIRST UNEQUAL TREATY Under the Treaty of Nanking, signed on August 29, 1842, China agreed to open the five ports requested (Canton, Amoy, Foochow, ...
The Emperor of China agrees to release unconditionally all Subjects of Her Britannic Majesty (whether Natives of Europe or India) who may be in confinement at ...