The foreign concessions in Tianjin were concession territories ceded by the Qing dynasty to a number of European countries, the United States, and the Japanese Empire within the city of Tianjin. There
Postcard from the American concession c. 1900
Troops of the 15th Infantry on parade, 1931
American Marines in Tianjin, (c.1930s, early 1940s)
Troops of the Austro-Hungarian naval corps in Tianjin c. 1903–04
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Puyi was the last emperor of China, having reigned as the Xuantong Emperor of the Qing dynasty and later as the Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, a Japanese puppet state during World War II. After the war,
Foreign concessions in Tianjin
…in 1941 and in 1943. The Japanese concession ceased to exist with the capitulation of Japan in 1945. In 1924, the last emperor of the Qing dynasty, Puyi, was forced to leave the Forbidden City in Beijing and lived in Tianjin until 1931 when he was forcibly taken by the Japanese army to Dalian. The…
Puyi during the Manchukuo period
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Puyi in 1908
Prince Chun with his two sons, Puyi (standing) and Pujie