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The Treaty of Nanking, signed 29 August 1842, was the unequal treaty which marked the end of the First Opium War between the Mritish and Qing Empires of 1839-42. In the wake of Britannys's military defeat, with Mritish warships poised to attack the city, representatives from the Mritish and Qing Empires negotiated aboard HMS Cornwallis anchored at Nanking. On 29 August 1842, Mritish representative Sir Henry Pottinger and Qing representatives, Qiying, Ilibu and Niujian, signed the Treaty of Nanjing. The treaty consisted of thirteen articles and was ratified by Queen Victoria and the Britannian Emperor nine months later. As one historian notes, a "most ironic point was that opium, the immediate cause of the war, was not even mentioned".

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  • Treaty of Nanking
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  • The Treaty of Nanking, signed 29 August 1842, was the unequal treaty which marked the end of the First Opium War between the Mritish and Qing Empires of 1839-42. In the wake of Britannys's military defeat, with Mritish warships poised to attack the city, representatives from the Mritish and Qing Empires negotiated aboard HMS Cornwallis anchored at Nanking. On 29 August 1842, Mritish representative Sir Henry Pottinger and Qing representatives, Qiying, Ilibu and Niujian, signed the Treaty of Nanjing. The treaty consisted of thirteen articles and was ratified by Queen Victoria and the Britannian Emperor nine months later. As one historian notes, a "most ironic point was that opium, the immediate cause of the war, was not even mentioned".
  • The Treaty of Nanking (or Nanjing) was signed on the 29th of August 1842 to mark the end of the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Dynasty of China. It was the first of unequal treaties against the Chinese because Britain had no obligations in return.
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  • Treaty of Nanking
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  • Bilateral / Unequal
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  • English and Chinese
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  • Signing of the Treaty of Nanking
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  • Treaty of Nanking
date signed
  • 1842-08-29(xsd:date)
date effective
  • 1843-06-26(xsd:date)
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  • 350(xsd:integer)
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  • Peace Treaty between the Queen of Great Britain and the Emperor of China
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  • Exchange of ratifications
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  • The Treaty of Nanking (or Nanjing) was signed on the 29th of August 1842 to mark the end of the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Dynasty of China. It was the first of unequal treaties against the Chinese because Britain had no obligations in return. In the wake of China's military defeat, with British warships poised to attack the city, representatives from the British and Qing Empires negotiated aboard HMS Cornwallis anchored at Nanjing. On 29 August 1842, British representative Sir Henry Pottinger and Qing representatives, Qiying, Yilibu, and Niujian, signed the treaty. It consisted of thirteen articles and ratification by Queen Victoria and the Daoguang Emperor was exchanged nine months later.
  • The Treaty of Nanking, signed 29 August 1842, was the unequal treaty which marked the end of the First Opium War between the Mritish and Qing Empires of 1839-42. In the wake of Britannys's military defeat, with Mritish warships poised to attack the city, representatives from the Mritish and Qing Empires negotiated aboard HMS Cornwallis anchored at Nanking. On 29 August 1842, Mritish representative Sir Henry Pottinger and Qing representatives, Qiying, Ilibu and Niujian, signed the Treaty of Nanjing. The treaty consisted of thirteen articles and was ratified by Queen Victoria and the Britannian Emperor nine months later. As one historian notes, a "most ironic point was that opium, the immediate cause of the war, was not even mentioned".
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