Treaty of Nanking

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bilateral treaty peace treaty unequal treaty

The Treaty of Nanking was the 1842 agreement that ended the First Opium War between Britain and China, forcing the Qing dynasty to cede Hong Kong Island and grant significant trade and legal concessions to the British.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Treaty of Nanjing	3
Treaty of Nanking 1842	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ unequal treaty ⓘ
abolished	Cohong monopoly system in Canton ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Nanking ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Nanjing
cameIntoForceInYear	1842 ⓘ
countryAffected	China ⓘ
countryBenefited	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endedConflict	Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ surface form: First Opium War
followedBy	Treaty of the Bogue ⓘ
grantedRight	establishment of British consuls in treaty ports ⓘ residence of British subjects in treaty ports ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ surface form: First Opium War
imposedIndemnityOn	Qing dynasty ⓘ
indemnityAmountSilverDollars	21000000 ⓘ
indemnityPurpose	compensation for opium destroyed by Lin Zexu ⓘ costs of the war ⓘ
inspiredTerm	unequal treaties ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
legalStatusOfHongKongAfterTreaty	British colony ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Niu Jian ⓘ Qiying ⓘ Sir Henry Pottinger ⓘ Yilibu ⓘ
openedPort	Xiamen ⓘ surface form: Amoy Canton ⓘ Fuzhou ⓘ Ningbo-Zhoushan ⓘ surface form: Ningbo Shanghai ⓘ
prohibited	use of the term yi (barbarian) for British officials in official documents ⓘ
relatedTo	British imperialism in China ⓘ Qing dynasty foreign relations ⓘ history of Hong Kong ⓘ
requiredCessionOf	Hong Kong Island ⓘ
requiredCessionTo	British Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
signatory	Qing dynasty ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
signatoryParty	British Empire ⓘ China ⓘ
signedAt	HMS Cornwallis ⓘ
signedNear	Nanjing ⓘ
signedOn	1842-08-29 ⓘ
stipulatedTariffRegime	fixed low import and export duties ⓘ
subjectMatter	cessions of territory ⓘ diplomatic relations ⓘ indemnities ⓘ trade concessions ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Nanking → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Nanjing

British concession in Amoy → establishedByTreaty → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Nanking 1842

Shanghai International Settlement (British participation) → legalBasis → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

Hong Kong under British rule → majorTreaty → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

British concession in Amoy → portOpenedAsTreatyPortBy → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

Opium Wars → result → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

subject surface form: First Opium War

this entity surface form: Treaty of Nanjing

Opium Wars → significantTreaty → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Nanjing

Hong Kong, China → treaty → Treaty of Nanking ⓘ

subject surface form: Hong Kong