Chinese occupation of German Hankou
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| Chinese occupation of German Hankou | |||||||
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| Part of World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 China |
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| 200 police officers | civil administrators and guards | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | all civil administrators and guards captured | ||||||
In 1895, in order to thank Germany for intervening in Liaoning against Japan, the Chinese government forced Japan to withdraw from the Liaodong Peninsula and they acquired the Treaty of Shimonoseki and allowed Germany to open a concession in China. On October 3, Germany opened its first concession in China in Hankou. Its total area was 600 acres.
Occupation[edit]
The day following the Chinese ceasing of relations, 200 Chinese police officers entered the concession and occupied the 600 acre territory, taking the guards and administrators captive.[1][better source needed] China later declared war on August 14, 1917.[2]
Aftermath[edit]
Following the end of the war, Germany gave up all rights to Hankou in the Treaty of Versailles and China turned it into the First Special Zone of Hankou.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Former Foreign Colonies and Major Concessions in China". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Hankou Concession". www.wuhancityofdesign.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Lutyens, Mary, (Mrs J. G. Links), (31 July 1908–9 April 1999), writer since 1929", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, retrieved 2024-02-18