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The Italians occupied temporarily during WW1 the Austrian concession, but withdrew from it in 1919 (while annexing some minor sections of this former concession). When Tianjin became in danger of being stormed by warring factions during the civil war of 1927–1928, Italian troops temporarily occupied the Second Special District of the city in ...
French concession of Tianjin: Tianjin: 1861 1946 French Railway, Kunming: Kunming: 1904 1940 After the French, WWII saw a significant influx of American troops. Germany: Kiautschou Bay leased territory: Qingdao: 1898 1914 German concession of Hankou: Hankou: 1895 1917 German concession of Tianjin: Tianjin: 1895 1917 Italy: Italian concession of ...
Former Wilhelm Street. Pelldram's drafted plans for the German concession included a small section under the British concession, present-day Xiaobailou Subdistrict. [2] The US consul in Tianjin at the time, Charles Denby Jr., protested, claiming that the district was under American jurisdiction, granted to the US for its role as mediator during the Convention of Peking in 1860.
The Austro-Hungarian concession of Tianjin (Chinese: 天津奥租界; pinyin: Tiānjīn ào zūjiè, German: österreichisch-ungarische Konzession, Hungarian: Osztrák–magyar tiencsini koncesszió) was a territory in the Chinese city of Tientsin occupied by Austria-Hungary between 1902 and 1920.
The Belgian concession of Tianjin (Dutch: Belgische concessie in Tianjin; French: Concession belge de Tianjin; Chinese: 天津比租界; pinyin: Tiānjīn bǐ zūjiè) was a 120-acre Belgian colonial concession in the Chinese city of Tianjin between 1902 and 1931, the only Belgian concession in China. Although its own concession had not been ...
Chinese copy of the Convention of Peking. On September 11, 1860, the Qing government and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Tianjin and the Convention of Peking.On December of the same year, British diplomat Frederick Bruce forced the governor of Zhili province to demarcate the future concession in accordance with the Peking stipulations.
Trade war fears ease as Trump pauses tariffs after concessions from Canada, Mexico. Brett Rowland. February 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM.
The establishment of the concession is vague and seemed to fall in the hands of Chinese daotais and yamens more than American diplomats. According to Denby, "a tract of land" was given to the U.S. by the Qing diplomat Chonghou to compensate for the American role as an intermediary in the Convention of Peking in 1860, along with the British and French concessions.