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American ambassadorial presence began in earnest in 1862 with the establishment of the American legation in Beijing, and a consul was established in Tianjin in 1866. [3] With the American government preoccupied mainly with economic matters in Japan and the American Philippines, [4] governance of the settlement relied largely on the actions of ...
The International Bridge, or Settlement Bridge, built in 1927, was a movable bridge and one of the historical landmarks in Tianjin. The Banque de l'Indochine Building on Rue de France, built in 1912 The Gulf Building (or Po Hai Building), built in 1937, was the tallest building in Tientsin before the 1960s.
The walled city of Tianjin was built in 1404. ... On November 14, 1941, the American Marine unit stationed in Tianjin was ordered to leave, but before it left, ...
The Treaty of Tientsin, also known as the Treaty of Tianjin, is a collective name for several unequal treaties signed at Tianjin (then romanized as Tientsin) in June 1858. The Qing dynasty , Russian Empire , Second French Empire , United Kingdom , and the United States were the parties involved.
Tianjin West Railway Station Main Building 天津西站主楼: 1910: Hongqiao District: 7-1626 Modern Architecture of the Five Main Avenues of Tianjin 天津五大道近代建筑群: Republic of China: Heping District
Well-known Confucian shrines include the Confucian Temple in Jianshui, the Confucian Temple in Xi'an (now the Forest of Steles), the Fuzi Miao in Nanjing, and the Confucian Temple in Beijing, first built in 1302. The Confucian Temple of old Tianjin is located on Dongmennei Dajie, a short distance west of Traditional Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie).
The structure of the Port also changed. In 1992, Tianjin Port Storage and Transportation Company was made into a joint stock company under the full ownership of the Tianjin Port Bureau. In 1996, it was converted into the Tianjin Port Holdings Company (TPC) and listed in the Shanghai stock market. In 1997, Tianjin Development Holdings, which ...
The exterior of the rebuilt Zhang Garden . The Zhang Garden or Zhangyuan (張園) is a European-style former garrison building in Tianijn, China built in the 1930s. Prior to construction of the garrison building the site contained a mansion residence, built in 1916 in the Japanese Concession of Tianjin by Zhang Biao, a former high-ranking official in the Qing Court.