Treaty of Whampoa

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The Treaty of Whampoa (Traditional Chinese: 黃埔條約; Simplified Chinese: 黄埔条约; pinyin: Huáng Pǔ Tiáo Yuē) was a commercial treaty between France and China, which was signed by Théodore de Lagrené and Qiying on October 24, 1844. The treaty whereby China granted the same privileges to the French Empire as it had done to Britain in the Treaty of Nanking and subsequent treaties.

These privileges included the opening of five harbors to French merchants, extraterritorial privileges French citizens in China, a fixed tariff on Sino-French trade and the right of France to station consuls in China. The treaty also rescinded the Yongzheng Emperor's prohibiton of Christianity in China and opened China for Christian missionaries.

[edit] Reference

• Grosse-Aschhoff, Angelus Francis J. The Negotiations between Ch'i-Ying and Lagrené, 1844-1846. St. Bonaventure, N.Y.: Franciscan Institute, 1950.

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• Chronology: The July Monarchy
• China Before the Invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces