china concluded the treaty of wanghia with united states.
china concluded the treaty of wanghia with united states.
with whom did china conclude the treaty of wanghia?
united states
the treaty of wanghia (also treaty of wangxia, treaty of peace, amity, and commerce, with tariff of duties, ) was a diplomatic agreement between qing dynasty of china and united states, signed on july 3, 1844 in the kun iam temple. its official title name is the treaty of peace, amity, and commerce, between the united states of america and the chinese empire. following passage by the u.s. congress, it was ratified by president john tyler on january 17, 1845. it formally remained in effect until the 1943 sino-american treaty for the relinquishment of extraterritorial rights in china.
treaty of wanghia
the sino-american treaty of wanghia was signed in july 1844 by chinese qing government official qiying, the viceroy of liangguang, who held responsibility for the provinces of guangdong and guangxi, and massachusetts politician caleb cushing (1800–1879), who was dispatched with orders to "save the chinese from the condition of being an exclusive monopoly in the hands of england" as a consequence of the 1842 nanking treaty. under the treaty of wanghia, americans gained the same rights as those enjoyed by the british in china's treaty ports. it also contained a clause that effectively carved out shanghai as an extraterritorial zone within imperial china, though it did not actually give the american government a true legal concession.
shanghai international settlement