International Settlement (Shanghai)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Settlement_(Shanghai)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:district
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Chinese-administered_Shanghai gptkb:French_Concession_(Shanghai)
gptkbp:area	8.41 square miles
gptkbp:country	gptkb:China
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Chinese_yuan gptkb:Shanghai_tael
gptkbp:dissolved	1943
gptkbp:established	1863
gptkbp:flag	Shanghai Municipal Council flag
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Shanghai_Municipal_Council
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	International Settlement (Shanghai)
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Chinese English
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Shanghai
gptkbp:mergedInto	American Concession (Shanghai) British Concession (Shanghai)
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Peace_Hotel gptkb:Shanghai_Club gptkb:Astor_House_Hotel
gptkbp:notableCommunity	American expatriates Jewish refugees British expatriates Japanese residents Chinese residents Russian émigrés French residents
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Second_Sino-Japanese_War gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Shanghai_Volunteer_Corps gptkb:Battle_of_Shanghai gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Shanghai gptkb:May_Thirtieth_Movement gptkb:Shanghai_Incident_(1932) gptkb:Shanghai_massacre_of_1927 Return to Chinese control (1943) Japanese occupation (1941-1945) Shanghai Ghetto (Jewish refugees) Shanghai International Settlement riots (1932)
gptkbp:notableFeature	foreign concessions extraterritoriality
gptkbp:notableResident	gptkb:J.G._Ballard gptkb:Noël_Coward gptkb:Eileen_Chang
gptkbp:notableRoute	gptkb:The_Bund gptkb:Nanjing_Road
gptkbp:police_force	gptkb:Shanghai_Municipal_Police
gptkbp:population	1,000,000 (approx. in 1937)
gptkbp:successor	Republic of China (Shanghai municipal government)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Shanghai
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7