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May 31, 2009 · Foreign concessions in the coastal area like Shanghai, Tientsin (today Tianjing), Amoy (today Xiamen) and Tschingtao (today Qingdao) are quite well known in and out China. Concessions and treaty ports were also established in-land, mostly on the main rivers like Hankou and canals like Suzhou.
Apr 15, 2018 · The key comparison by which the foreign presence was defined was between the ‘West’, glossed first as European and Christian and later as ‘civilized’ and ‘white’, and backward, ‘Asiatic’ China.
The Foreigners of Hankou before the founding of the Concessions. Prior to the opening of the port in 1861, Hankou had long served as an intersection and destination for westerners in Central China.
Hankou used to have five foreign concessions belonging to the United Kingdom (115 acres (47 ha), est. 1862), France (60 acres (24 ha), est. 1886), Russia (60 acres (24 ha), est. 1886), Germany (100 acres (40 ha), est. 1895) and Japan (32 acres (13 ha), est. 1898).
Mar 29, 2020 · Besides the relatively empty streets and racecourse of Hankou’s British concession, there is very little in terms of evidence of the foreign presence. Zooming in closely will show the French and British consulates, and the Customs office.
Hankou was one of the first Chinese cities opened to foreign trade (1861); it came under Nationalist Chinese administration in 1928; and it was occupied by the Japanese in 1938–45. In 1949, following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, it became part of Wuhan.
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Dec 27, 2022 · Most of the collective houses in the former concession of Hankou are dormitories or apartments built by foreign firms for their staff. The majority of these residents are foreigners who came to work in China overseas, usually alone or with their partners and children.
