One day last century it was a quiet fishing town, and almost the next it was a treaty port of immense riches.
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The term refers to the use of foreign naval ships in China's treaty ports in the 19th century to protect the foreigners'interests.
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Strange arrived in Japan on the O & O steamship RMS Oceanic at the treaty port of Yokohama on March 23rd 1875.
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During the late 1800s Ganzhou was opened as one of the southern treaty ports and became a minor base for foreign companies.
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From time to time in the ensuing years, the gunboat returned to Siam, besides visiting the treaty ports of China and Japan.
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After the First Opium War ( 18391842 ) the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, Shanghai opened as one of the five Chinese treaty ports.
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With the signing of the Treaty of Tientisn, however, more treaty ports were opened and missionaries were finally allowed to enter the interior.
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The system of treaty ports ended in Japan in the years 1899 as a consequence of Japan's rapid transition to a modern nation.
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This weaponry had formed part of the defences of the Treaty Ports, which the British had handed over to Irish forces in 1938.
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In 1862, France obtained concessions from Emperor, ceding three treaty ports in Cochinchina, the latter being formally declared a French territory in 1864.
