Guangzhouwan
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The Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan, officially the Territoire de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan and historically known in English as Kwangchowan or Kwangchow Wan, was a coastal territory in the Guangdong provinc
Fort Bayard circa 1910
Landing of Japanese troops in Kwangchowan in February 1943
Kwangchow Wan pavilion at the Marseille Colonial Exhibition
Post and Telegraph building in Poteou, Kwangchow Wan
Foreign imperialism in China
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During the 19th and 20th centuries, foreign powers practiced imperialism in China through the imposition of unequal treaties, opening of treaty ports, and establishment of foreign concessions and leas
Guangzhouwan
…sq mi). Kwangchowan was leased to the French for 99 years according to the Treaty of May 29, 1898, ratified by China on January 5, 1900, during the "scramble for concessions". The colony was described as "commercially unimportant but strategically located"; most of France's energies went into their administration of the…
An 1898 French political cartoon depicting Britain, France, Russia, Germany, and Japan dividing China
A painting of the Second Battle of Chuenpi of the First Opium War
A portrait of French minister Marie Melchior Joseph Théodose de Lagrené
The ruins of the Old Summer Palace after being sacked by Anglo–French forces in the Second Opium War.