Convention of Peking

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The Convention of Peking was an 1860 series of unequal treaties between Qing China and Western powers that concluded the Second Opium War and ceded territory and major concessions to Britain, France, and Russia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
unequal treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beijing Convention ⓘ
Peking Convention ⓘ
category Treaties of the Qing dynasty ⓘ
Treaties of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Treaties of the Second French Empire ⓘ
linked to: Treaties of France

Treaties of the United Kingdom ⓘ
concludedIn 1860 ⓘ
ended Second Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars
hasConsequence Russian access to the Sea of Japan ⓘ
expansion of British Hong Kong ⓘ
further erosion of Qing sovereignty ⓘ
hasPart Anglo-Chinese Convention of Peking ⓘ
Franco-Chinese Convention of Peking ⓘ
Russo-Chinese Convention of Peking ⓘ
historicalContext Opium Wars ⓘ
Western imperialism in China ⓘ
implements Treaty of Tientsin (1858) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Tientsin
legalStatus unequal treaty imposed on Qing China ⓘ
locationAffected Kowloon Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Kowloon

Outer Manchuria ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East

Ussuri krai ⓘ
linked to: Khabarovsk Krai
partOf Second Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars
precedes Convention of Chefoo ⓘ
Treaty of Tientsin implementation ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Treaty of Tientsin ⓘ
resultedIn cession of Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street to the United Kingdom ⓘ
cession of Stonecutters Island to the United Kingdom ⓘ
cession of part of Outer Manchuria to the Russian Empire ⓘ
cession of territory east of the Ussuri River to the Russian Empire ⓘ
granting of religious freedom to Christians in China ⓘ
increased extraterritorial rights for Western powers in China ⓘ
indemnity payments by Qing China to Britain and France ⓘ
legalization of opium importation into China ⓘ
opening of additional Chinese ports to foreign trade ⓘ
permission for Christian missionary activity in the Chinese interior ⓘ
stationing of foreign legations in Peking ⓘ
signatory France ⓘ
Qing China ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty

Qing dynasty ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
signedIn Beijing ⓘ
Peking ⓘ
linked to: Beijing
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

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Second Opium War → result → Convention of Peking ⓘ
subject linked to: Opium Wars
Opium Wars → significantTreaty → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Convention of Peking 1860 ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Wei Hai Wei → legalBasis → Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory and related agreements ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Hong Kong under British rule → majorTreaty → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Russia and Mongolia → borderDemarcationTreaties → Treaty of Peking (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Treaty of Tientsin → followedBy → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Treaty of Tientsin → precedes → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Convention of Peking → alsoKnownAs → Peking Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Convention of Peking → alsoKnownAs → Beijing Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Convention of Peking → hasPart → Anglo-Chinese Convention of Peking ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Convention of Peking → hasPart → Franco-Chinese Convention of Peking ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Convention of Peking → hasPart → Russo-Chinese Convention of Peking ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Prince Gong → signedTreaty → Convention of Beijing (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory → otherName → Second Convention of Peking ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory → otherName → Second Peking Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory → relatedTo → Convention of Peking (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
British informal empire in China → consolidatedBy → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Yangtze River treaty port system → hasCause → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Li Hongzhang → signedTreaty → Convention of Beijing (various agreements) ⓘ
subject linked to: Li Chung-chang
linked to: Convention of Peking
Xinyou Coup → follows → Treaty of Beijing (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Supplementary Agreement on the Eastern Section of the China–Russia Boundary (2004) → relatedTo → Treaty of Beijing (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Treaties of the Russian Empire → includes → Convention of Peking (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
North Korea–Russia border → createdByTreaty → Treaty of Beijing (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Arrow War → consequence → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Convention of Chefoo → relatedTo → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Second Anglo-Chinese War → treaty → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Soviet Union–China border → treatyBasis → Convention of Peking ⓘ
Yixin → notableWork → Negotiation of the Convention of Beijing (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking
Mongolia–Russia border → delimitedByTreaty → Treaty of Peking (1860) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Peking