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The Consulate General of the United States in Shanghai is one of the five American diplomatic and consular posts in the People's Republic of China. [ 1 ] First established in 1844 following the signing of the Treaty of Wanghia , the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai had a presence until the conclusion of the Chinese Communist Revolution and it ...
The United States established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, and terminated them with the Republic of China, on January 1, 1979. The American Embassy at Taipei closed February 28, 1979, while the American Liaison Office at Beijing was redesignated the American Embassy on March 1, 1979.
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
According to the website of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China, the Beijing embassy complex houses more than 1,300 American and locally hired staff representing almost 50 different U.S ...
Marines observing a Beiyang Army parade, October 1916. The term China Marines, originally referred to the United States Marines of the 4th Marine Regiment, who were stationed in Shanghai, China from 1927 to 1941 to protect American citizens and their property in the Shanghai International Settlement, during the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
In 2019, China had the largest diplomatic network in the world. [ 3 ] China hosts a large diplomatic community in its capital city of Beijing , which hosts 176 embassies, [ 4 ] with numerous countries maintaining consulates general and consulates throughout the country.
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.
Photograph taken inside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing of Ambassador Gary Locke with Chen Guangcheng. The current U.S. Embassy in Beijing was opened and dedicated on August 8, 2008, by U.S. President George W. Bush [3] and is the third largest American diplomatic mission in the world, after the Embassy of the United States, Baghdad and the Embassy of the United States, Yerevan.