Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking

Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking
Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 中葡和好通商條約
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 中葡里斯本草約
Portuguese name
Portuguese Tratado de Amizade e Comércio Sino-Português

Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking signed December 1, 1887, was a trade treaty signed between Portugal and Qing dynasty China.[1]

Contents

Signing

On 13 August 1862 an attempt was made between China and Portugal to sign a trade treaty in Tientsin. If the treaty was not ratified in 2 years, it would become null. In 1864 the treaty did become null. Portugal did not get another chance to sign the second article of the treaty until March 26, 1887 in Lisbon.[1] An envoy was sent from Portugal to China. The protocol was signed by Sun Xuwen from Chinese side and Tomás de Sousa Rosa from the Portugal one on December 1, 1887.[1]

Interpretations

In the Portuguese interpretation, sovereignty over Macau was surrendered to Portugal. In the Chinese interpretation, only administrative rights were transferred. Macau territory was returned to Chinese rule on December 20, 1999.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Ride, May. Wordie, Jason. [1989] (1989). The voices of Macao stones. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9622094872, 9789622094871.
  2. ^ Page, Melvin Eugene. Sonnenburg, Penny M. [2003] (2003). Colonialism: an international, social, cultural, and political encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO publishing. ISBN 1576073351, 9781576073353. p 359.