The Treaty of Tientsin, also known as the Treaty of Tianjin, is a collective name for several unequal treaties signed at Tianjin in June 1858 among the Qing dynasty, the Russian Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom and the United States. The treaties opened more Chinese ports to foreign trade, permitted foreign legations in Beijing, allowed Christian missionary activity, and effectively legalized the import of opium. They ended the first phase of the Second Opium War, which had begun in 1856, and were ratified by the Emperor of China in the Convention of Peking in 1860, after the war's end.
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Document Type Creation Year Current LocationNational Palace Museum, Taipei City 1 Document Type
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Why are the treaties of Tientsin called unequal treaties?
They gave foreigners privileged status and extracted concessions from China.
The United States Department of State history office explains that the agreements reached between the Western powers and China after the Opium Wars came to be known as the unequal treaties because in practice they gave foreigners privileged status and extracted concessions from the Chinese. The treaties signed at Tianjin in 1858 opened new treaty ports along the Chinese coast and the Yangtze River, gave foreigners full access to the interior to travel and conduct business or missions, permitted diplomats to establish legations in Beijing, and set a new low tariff on imported goods. Although the Chinese signed in 1858, it took two more years of fighting before the Chinese government was disposed to ratify them.
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The Treaty of Tientsin, also known as the Treaty of Tianjin, is a collective name for several unequal treaties signed at Tianjin (then romanized as Tientsin) in June 1858.
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The Treaty of Tientsin, also known as the Treaty of Tianjin
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The Treaty of Tientsin, also known as the Treaty of Tianjin, is a collective name for several unequal treaties signed at Tianjin (then romanized as Tientsin) in June 1858.
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The Treaty of Tientsin, also known as the Treaty of Tianjin, is a collective name for several unequal treaties signed at Tianjin (then romanized as Tientsin) in June 1858.
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