Unequal Treaties and China.

By:

Wang, Jianlang

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Unequal Treaties and China SeriesPublisher: Honolulu, HI : Enrich Professional Publishing (S) Private, Limited, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (161 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781623201135

Subject(s):

China--Foreign relations--Treaties

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unequal Treaties and ChinaDDC classification:

327.51

LOC classification:

DS740.4 -- .J53 2016eb

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Contents:

Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: Details China's Struggles Against a History of Unequal TreatiesFrom the first Opium War (1839-1842) and until the birth of New China in 1949, China was forced to sign multiple unequal treaties by foreign imperialist and invading powers. In these treaties, China conceded many of its sovereign rights in terms of territory and commerce. Ever since the time of the first unequal treaty (the Treaty of Nanjing), the people of China have struggled to invalidate these unequal treaties. Unequal Treaties and China provides a comprehensive overview of China's history of fighting against these unequal treaties.Understanding a country's history is a vital way of understanding its people. In Unequal Treaties and China author Wang Jianlang looks at how history has affected the nation and how those unequal treaties from foreign powers have shaped China's policies even up until the modern day.A comprehensive survey of China's unequal treaties with foreign imperialist powers since the late-Qing Dynasty eraA comparison of how different governments in China in different eras responded to the unequal treaties.

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Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Details China's Struggles Against a History of Unequal TreatiesFrom the first Opium War (1839-1842) and until the birth of New China in 1949, China was forced to sign multiple unequal treaties by foreign imperialist and invading powers. In these treaties, China conceded many of its sovereign rights in terms of territory and commerce. Ever since the time of the first unequal treaty (the Treaty of Nanjing), the people of China have struggled to invalidate these unequal treaties. Unequal Treaties and China provides a comprehensive overview of China's history of fighting against these unequal treaties.Understanding a country's history is a vital way of understanding its people. In Unequal Treaties and China author Wang Jianlang looks at how history has affected the nation and how those unequal treaties from foreign powers have shaped China's policies even up until the modern day.A comprehensive survey of China's unequal treaties with foreign imperialist powers since the late-Qing Dynasty eraA comparison of how different governments in China in different eras responded to the unequal treaties.

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