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The Peking Legation Quarter was the area in Beijing (Peking), China where a number of foreign legations were located between 1861 and 1959. In the Chinese language, the area is known as Dong Jiaomin Xiang ( simplified Chinese : 东交民巷 ; traditional Chinese : 東交民巷 ; pinyin : Dōng Jiāomín Xiàng ), which is the name of the hutong ...
The Legation Quarter was approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide. It was located in the area of the city designated by the Qing government for foreign legations . In 1900, there were eleven legations located in the quarter as well as a number of foreign businesses and banks.
The Battle of Peking (Chinese: 北京之戰), or historically the Relief of Peking (Chinese: 北京解圍戰), was the battle fought on 14–15 August 1900 in Beijing, in which the Eight-Nation Alliance relieved the siege of the Peking Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion.
Peking had 11 Legations total, The first Legation was the Legation of the British Empire established on 1861 after the Second Opium War. [1] More foreign nations would set up legations for themselves later on, two of those foreign nations being the German Empire and Austria-Hungary .
German and Indian troops, Peking Legation Quarter, 1900 German troops with captured Boxer flags. Germany had gained a presence in China after the Juye Incident in which two German missionaries had been murdered in November 1897.
Beijing Legation Quarter: Beijing: 1861 1945 Covering some 3 acres and including 11 foreign embassies, the entire Legation Quarter was considered foreign sovereign ground and was off limits for Chinese citizens who were not allowed to take up residency within the legation grounds Kulangsu International Settlement: Xiamen: 1903 1945
The former Japanese Legation is the earliest surviving building in the Peking Legation Quarter, and is the only 19th-century building in the area that has survived to the present day. [5] During the People's Republic of China period, the building became the dormitory of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Italy, in the first half of the 20th century, had concessions & possessions in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Amoy, and Hankou, as well as at two forts (Taku and the Shan Hai Guan). It is noteworthy to pinpoint that only in Tianjin, Beijing, and Shanhai Pass, was the Italian government in control (with colonial property rights).