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4 unusual facts about Treaty of Tientsin


German East Asia Squadron

The Treaty of Peking of September 1861 between the kingdom of Prussia and China allowed Prussian warships to operate in Chinese waters.

John Moyse

In 1858, China sued for peace and agreed to the Treaty of Tientsin, which allowed the creation of French and English embassies in Beijing, and the Treaty of Aigun, which redrew Russia's border with China.

Thomas Francis Wade

On the declaration of the Second Opium War in 1857, he was attached to Lord Elgin's staff as Chinese secretary, and with the assistance of Horatio Nelson Lay he conducted the negotiations which led up to the Treaty of Tientsin (1858).

Treaty of Tientsin

#Official letters and other documents exchanged between China and Britain are to be banned from referring to British Officials and Subjects of the Crown by the character "" (), meaning "barbarian".



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