French Concession in Shanghai

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Establishment

• January 1850: China leases to France a concession in Shanghai.

Chronology

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1. Century of humiliation

A period (1839-1949) of foregin interventions in China resulting in the occupation, conquest or lease of large territories by foregin countries.

1.1. Concessions in China

During the XIX and XX century China was forced into treaties with foreign powers that established concessions (factually enclaves) in its territory.

• January 1850: China leases to France a concession in Shanghai.
• July 1943: Vichy France retrocedes the French Concession in Shanghai to the Japanese.

Disestablishment

• July 1943: Vichy France retrocedes the French Concession in Shanghai to the Japanese.