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The Shanghai French Concession [a] was a foreign concession in Shanghai, China from 1849 until 1943, which progressively expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The concession came to an end in 1943, when Vichy France under German pressure signed it over to the pro- Japanese Reorganized National Government of China in Nanjing .
Shanghai tram, 1920s. On 11 July 1854 a committee of Western businessmen met and held the first annual meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC, formally the Council for the Foreign Settlement North of the Yang-king-pang), ignoring protests of consular officials, and laid down the Land Regulations which established the principles of self-government.
19 June: Shanghai taken by British forces. [2] Shanghai opens to foreigners per Treaty of Nanking. [2] 1843 Captain George Balfour appointed British consul. [3] 1845 David Sassoon & Sons in business. British settlement established on outskirts of Old City. [3] 1846 - Richards' Hotel and Restaurant in business. 1849 - French Concession granted ...
Including the 2,525 acres of French Concession, the total area was eventually to reach 12.66 square miles. [ 10 ] Additional foreign concessions were set up in other treaty ports especially following the 1858 and 1860 Anglo-Chinese treaties, and from the mid-1890s to 1902, following the Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901).
The Dàjìng Gé Pavilion wall, which is the only remaining part of the Old City of Shanghai wall The history of Shanghai spans over a thousand years and closely parallels the development of modern China. Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as one of China's principal trading ports. Although nominally part of China, in practice ...
Pages in category "History of Shanghai" ... List of outstanding historic buildings of Shanghai; Timeline of Shanghai; A. ... Shanghai French Concession; G.
The French concession in Shanghai was established on 6 April 1849 (it had been a Treaty Port since 17 November 1843). On 17 July 1854 a Municipal Council established. The concession was relinquished by Vichy France to a Japan-sponsored puppet government in China, and was formally returned to China by France in 1946.
Encouraged by the French expansion, the International Settlement also requested an expansion of the concession to include the entire extra-settlement roads area east of the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway. However, the political atmosphere in the capital Beijing had changed by this time, and the administration of president Yuan Shikai was facing a ...