The History of China, Volum 2 |
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Pāgina 502
The teaching of this war , the first in which China had engaged with an European
antagonist since the march of the allies to Pekin , was inconclusive . On the one
hand , the Chinese had shown no great military capacity , and their general ...
The teaching of this war , the first in which China had engaged with an European
antagonist since the march of the allies to Pekin , was inconclusive . On the one
hand , the Chinese had shown no great military capacity , and their general ...
Pāgina 508
So great is the quantity of native opium now raised throughout China that ,
despite some inferiority in quality , there is a prospect of Indian opium being
practically driven out of the Chinese market as a practical revenge for the loss
inflicted on ...
So great is the quantity of native opium now raised throughout China that ,
despite some inferiority in quality , there is a prospect of Indian opium being
practically driven out of the Chinese market as a practical revenge for the loss
inflicted on ...
Pāgina 521
Aided by this advantage the Japanese succeeded in capturing the fort on Peony
Hill , and the death of the Chinese general Tso - pao - kuei , who fought when
wounded with a noble heroism to the last , shook the confidence of the whole ...
Aided by this advantage the Japanese succeeded in capturing the fort on Peony
Hill , and the death of the Chinese general Tso - pao - kuei , who fought when
wounded with a noble heroism to the last , shook the confidence of the whole ...
Pāgina 559
559 ARTICLE XIII , The ratification of this Treaty by Her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain , etc. , and His Majesty the Emperor of China , shall be exchanged
as soon as the great distance which separates England from China will admit ;
but in ...
559 ARTICLE XIII , The ratification of this Treaty by Her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain , etc. , and His Majesty the Emperor of China , shall be exchanged
as soon as the great distance which separates England from China will admit ;
but in ...
Pāgina 584
It is agreed that on the day on which this Convention is signed , His Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of China shall open the port of Tientsin to trade , and that it
shall be thereafter competent to British subjects to reside and trade there , under
the ...
It is agreed that on the day on which this Convention is signed , His Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of China shall open the port of Tientsin to trade , and that it
shall be thereafter competent to British subjects to reside and trade there , under
the ...
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Passatges populars
Pāgina 568 - ... mutual benefit, and, for that purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: || Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Pāgina 555 - ... have resolved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and have therefore named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., a Major-General in the employ of the East India Company, etc.; And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China...
Pāgina 356 - China had recovered from her internal confusion, there was nothing to be gained and much to be lost by protracted resistance to the peoples of the West.
Pāgina 601 - Inasmuch as inquiry into the circumstances by the Chinese Government has shown the existence of many obstacles to the mission to Thibet provided for in the separate article of the Chefoo Agreement, England consents to countermand the mission forthwith. With regard to the desire of the British Government to consider arrangements for frontier trade between India and Thibet, it will be the duty of the Chinese Government, after careful inquiry into the circumstances, to adopt measures to exhort and encourage...
Pāgina 604 - Commission will enter upon its duties as soon as possible, and will bring its labours to a conclusion within the period of one year after appointment. The alignments laid down in this Act shall, however, be maintained until the rectifications of the Delimitation Commission, if any are made, shall have received the approval of the Governments of Japan and China.
Pāgina 589 - It is further understood that so long as the laws of the two countries differ from each other, there can be but one principle ' to guide judicial proceedings in mixed cases in China, namely, that the case is tried by the official of the defendant's nationality, the official of the plaintiff's nationality merely attending to watch the proceedings in the interests of justice. If the...
Pāgina 588 - YamSn shall address a circular to the Legations, inviting Foreign Representatives to consider with them a code of etiquette, to the end that foreign officials in China, whether at the ports or elsewhere, may be treated with the same regard as is shown them when serving abroad in other countries, and as would be shown to Chinese Agents so serving abroad.
Pāgina 590 - British merchants, when opium is brought into port, will be obliged to have it taken cognizance of by the Customs, and deposited in bond, either in a warehouse or a receiving hulk, until such time as there is a sale for it. The importer will then pay the tariff duty upon it, and the purchasers the likin ; in order to the prevention of the evasion of the duty.
Pāgina 140 - The three principal points on which these negotiations were to be based were compensation for losses and expenses, a friendly and becoming intercourse on terms of equality between officers of the two countries, and the cession of insular territory for commerce and for the residence of merchants, and as a security and guarantee against the future renewal of offensive acts.
Pāgina 585 - Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of China, and Li, Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of China, Senior Grand Secretary, Governor-General of the Province of Chih-li, of the First Class of the Third Order of Nobility.