Unequal Treaties Unequal Treaties The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory (aka. Second Convention of Peking, Chinese: 展拓香港界址專條) was signed between China (then Qing Dynasty) and the United Kingdom in 1898. Under the convention the territories north of the Boundary Street and south of the Sham Chun River, and the surrounding islands, later known as the " New Territories" were leased to the United Kingdom for 99 years, and became part of the crown colony of Hong Kong. ...more on Wikipedia about "Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory"
The Convention of Peking ( Chinese: 北京條約 Pinyin: Běijīng Tiáoyūe) ( October 18, 1860), also known as the First Convention of Peking, was a treaty between the Qing Government of China and the British Empire, and between China and France, and China and Russia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Convention of Peking"
The Treaty of Aigun was the Russian- Chinese treaty that established the modern borders of the Russian Far East. Its provisions were confirmed by the Beijing Treaty of 1860. ...more on Wikipedia about "Treaty of Aigun"
The Treaty of Fort Laramie was an agreement between the United States and the Lakota nation, signed in 1868 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory, guaranteeing to the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. The Powder River Country was to be henceforth closed to all whites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)"
The Treaty of Nanking ( Chinese: 南京條約, Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which marked the end of the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Treaty of Nanking"
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