Chinese Customs Tariff Treaty

Target entity: Chinese Customs Tariff Treaty
Context triple: [Washington Naval Conference, result, Chinese Customs Tariff Treaty]

• A. Treaty of Wanghia
  The Treaty of Wanghia was an 1844 agreement between the United States and Qing China that granted the U.S. significant trading rights and extraterritorial privileges, marking the first formal diplomatic treaty between the two nations.
• B. Xinchou Treaty
  The Xinchou Treaty, better known as the Boxer Protocol of 1901, was the punitive agreement imposed on Qing China by foreign powers after the Boxer Rebellion, extracting heavy indemnities and concessions.
• C. Qing dynasty treaties
  Qing dynasty treaties are the international agreements and unequal treaties concluded by the Qing Empire with foreign powers, particularly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, that significantly shaped China’s modern borders and sovereignty.
• D. Treaty of Nanking
  The Treaty of Nanking was the 1842 agreement that ended the First Opium War between Britain and China, forcing the Qing dynasty to cede Hong Kong Island and grant significant trade and legal concessions to the British.
• E. Treaty of Tientsin
  The Treaty of Tientsin was an 1858 agreement that forced Qing China to grant Western powers expanded trade rights, legal privileges, and the opening of additional ports, significantly increasing foreign influence in China.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Chinese Customs Tariff Treaty
Target entity description: The Chinese Customs Tariff Treaty was an agreement reached at the Washington Naval Conference that restored greater tariff autonomy to China by revising the foreign-controlled customs system imposed under earlier unequal treaties.

• A. Treaty of Wanghia
  The Treaty of Wanghia was an 1844 agreement between the United States and Qing China that granted the U.S. significant trading rights and extraterritorial privileges, marking the first formal diplomatic treaty between the two nations.
• B. Xinchou Treaty
  The Xinchou Treaty, better known as the Boxer Protocol of 1901, was the punitive agreement imposed on Qing China by foreign powers after the Boxer Rebellion, extracting heavy indemnities and concessions.
• C. Qing dynasty treaties
  Qing dynasty treaties are the international agreements and unequal treaties concluded by the Qing Empire with foreign powers, particularly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, that significantly shaped China’s modern borders and sovereignty.
• D. Treaty of Nanking
  The Treaty of Nanking was the 1842 agreement that ended the First Opium War between Britain and China, forcing the Qing dynasty to cede Hong Kong Island and grant significant trade and legal concessions to the British.
• E. Treaty of Tientsin
  The Treaty of Tientsin was an 1858 agreement that forced Qing China to grant Western powers expanded trade rights, legal privileges, and the opening of additional ports, significantly increasing foreign influence in China.
• F. None of above. chosen