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On 25 June 1863, American consul George Seward signed an agreement with the head of Shanghai County, Huang Fang (黃芳), to create the American Concession in Shanghai, which also confirmed the boundary of the area. [1] On 21 September 1863, the American area was merged with the British as the Shanghai International Settlement.
Shanghai tram, 1920s. On 11 July 1854 a committee of Western businessmen met and held the first annual meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC, formally the Council for the Foreign Settlement North of the Yang-king-pang), ignoring protests of consular officials, and laid down the Land Regulations which established the principles of self-government.
Shanghai International Settlement; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Concesión Internacional de Shanghái; Usage on et.wikipedia.org Shanghai Rahvusvaheline Asundus; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Concession française de Shanghai; Concession internationale de Shanghai; Usage on he.wikipedia.org ההתיישבות הבין-לאומית בשנגחאי
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British concession of Shanghai: Shanghai: 1846 1863 Merged to form Shanghai International Settlement: Trading warehouses at Tengchong (Tengyue) Yunnan: Late 19th/early 20th century. Still standing, with bullet holes. British diplomat Augustus Margary was murdered here in 1875. Consulate built 1921. United States American concession of Shanghai ...
China offers one of the most illustrative examples of this new era of global migration. Between 2014 and 2022, the average number of Chinese citizens who crossed the southern border without papers ...
1848/54 American concession in Shanghai (since 17 November 1843 a Treaty Port) established, until on 21 September 1863 (after the 1862 Proposal to make Shanghai an independent "free city" was rejected) an International Settlement in Shanghai was created by union of the American and British concessions (consummated December 1863).
The companies include Huafu Fashion Co., one of the world's largest textile manufacturers, and 25 of its subsidiaries, which the U.S. has linked to forced-labor practices in China's cotton industry.