Polity Japanese Concession in Hangzhou

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One of the four ports specified to be opened to the Empire of Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki (17 April 1895) after the First Sino-Japanese War.

Establishment

  • January 1898: Hangzhou was one of the four ports specified to be opened to the Empire of Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki (17 April 1895).

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 1898: Hangzhou was one of the four ports specified to be opened to the Empire of Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki (17 April 1895).
  • January 1944: Territorial change based on available maps.

Disestablishment

  • January 1944: Territorial change based on available maps.