Treaty of Nanking

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The Treaty of Nanking was the 1842 agreement that ended the First Opium War between Britain and China, forcing the Qing dynasty to cede Hong Kong Island and grant significant trade and legal concessions to the British.

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Generate an image of the Treaty of Nanking (The Treaty of Nanking was the 1842 agreement that ended the First Opium War between Britain and China, forcing the Qing dynasty to cede Hong Kong Island and grant significant trade and legal concessions to the British.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ
unequal treaty ⓘ
abolished Cohong monopoly system in Canton ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
cameIntoForceInYear 1842 ⓘ
countryAffected China ⓘ
countryBenefited United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endedConflict First Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Chinese War
followedBy Treaty of the Bogue ⓘ
grantedRight establishment of British consuls in treaty ports ⓘ
residence of British subjects in treaty ports ⓘ
historicalPeriod First Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Chinese War
imposedIndemnityOn Qing dynasty ⓘ
indemnityAmountSilverDollars 21000000 ⓘ
indemnityPurpose compensation for opium destroyed by Lin Zexu ⓘ
costs of the war ⓘ
inspiredTerm unequal treaties ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalStatusOfHongKongAfterTreaty British colony ⓘ
negotiatedBy Niu Jian ⓘ
Qiying ⓘ
Sir Henry Pottinger ⓘ
Yilibu ⓘ
openedPort Amoy ⓘ
linked to: Xiamen

Canton ⓘ
Fuzhou ⓘ
Ningbo ⓘ
linked to: Ningbo-Zhoushan

Shanghai ⓘ
prohibited use of the term yi (barbarian) for British officials in official documents ⓘ
relatedTo British imperialism in China ⓘ
Qing dynasty foreign relations ⓘ
history of Hong Kong ⓘ
requiredCessionOf Hong Kong Island ⓘ
requiredCessionTo British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
signatory Qing dynasty ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
signatoryParty British Empire ⓘ
China ⓘ
signedAt HMS Cornwallis ⓘ
signedNear Nanjing ⓘ
signedOn 1842-08-29 ⓘ
stipulatedTariffRegime fixed low import and export duties ⓘ
subjectMatter cessions of territory ⓘ
diplomatic relations ⓘ
indemnities ⓘ
trade concessions ⓘ

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Hong Kong → treaty → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
subject linked to: Hong Kong, China
First Opium War → result → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
subject linked to: Opium Wars
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Opium Wars → significantTreaty → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Treaty of Nanking 1842 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Treaty of Nanking → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Hong Kong under British rule → majorTreaty → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Treaty of the Bogue → follows → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Treaty of the Bogue → isSupplementTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Treaty of the Bogue → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
British opium trade in China → linkedTo → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Treaty of Tientsin → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Daoguang Emperor → notableEvent → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Anglo-Chinese War → concludedBy → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Convention of Peking → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Century of Humiliation → hasPart → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Sir Henry Pottinger → notableWork → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Yilibu → significantEvent → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
HMS Cornwallis → locationOfEvent → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
HMS Cornwallis → associatedWith → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
HMS Cornwallis → treatySignedOnboard → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Shanghai Municipal Council → follows → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
British informal empire in China → beganWith → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Yangtze River treaty port system → hasCause → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Treaty of Wanghia → precededBy → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Canton System → significantEvent → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Daoguang Emperor → notableTreatyDuringReign → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
subject linked to: Licheng
Battle of Chinkiang → treatyInfluenced → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Mianning → notableEventDuringReign → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Mianning → notableEventDuringReign → Cession of Hong Kong Island to the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Minning → notableEvent → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
First Battle of Chuenpi → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Battle of Canton (1841) → relatedEvent → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
British capture of Shanghai (1842) → relatedAgreement → Treaty of Nanking (1842) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Arrow War → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nanking
Second Battle of Chuenpi → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Battle of Amoy → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Daoguang Emperor → notableEventDuringReign → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
subject linked to: Xuanzong
Daoguang Emperor → signedTreaty → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
subject linked to: Xuanzong
Convention of Chefoo → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
Second Anglo-Chinese War → relatedTo → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ