After Germany invaded Qingdao, it wanted to occupy Jiaozhou Bay permanently. 1897165438+10, the german minister hai Jing put forward six demands to the yamen of the Qing premier, including "Germany has the priority to undertake railways and mines in Shandong". The first minister of the Prime Minister's yamen, Prince Gong? Agreed to negotiate, on the condition that the German "must first give up the occupation of China territory". Hai Jing said: "Retreat is the only point I can't negotiate."
On February 3, 65438, the Prime Minister's yamen and the Minister of Military Affairs told Hai Jing that the Qing government was prepared to accept Germany's request, but at the same time suggested that Germany should quit Jiaozhou and find another seaport, which was rejected. On June 16, German reinforcements arrived in China and formally requested to lease Jiaozhou. On the 29th, Haijing proposed "five land leases" to the Prime Minister's yamen, demanding that all the places from the north and south banks of Jiaozhou Bay to Yindao be leased out.
1898 65438+1October 4th, Hai Jing and Yi? Talks, claiming that if you don't agree, "warships can occupy places again when they arrive, which will hinder China from doing business." On 26th, two German warships delivered 1 155 infantry and 303 artillery to Qingdao. Since then, Germany's attitude has become tougher, and the Qing government has been forced to accept all conditions.
On March 6th, the Jiaoao Lease Treaty was signed in Beijing. The signing of the Jiaoao Lease Treaty and its annexes made Germany monopolize the economic lifeline and important resources of Shandong and turned Shandong Province into its sphere of influence.
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1840 the opium war opened the door of China to western powers. 1842, the Qing government was forced to sign the Sino-British "treaty of nanking" and open five trading ports: Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai.
However, the western powers did not satisfy their aggressive ambitions. 1June 858,1June 860,1June 0, Britain and France successively forced the Qing government to sign the unequal Tianjin Treaty and the Beijing Treaty. Hankou, Jiujiang, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Niuzhuang, Dengzhou, Tainan, Danshui, Chaozhou, Qiongzhou and Tianjin 1 1 are added as trading ports.
According to the unequal Tianjin Treaty, Shandong only opened one trading port-Dengzhou (Penglai). It was Ma Lixun, the British consul stationed in Dengzhou by the British Ambassador to China, who chose to open a port in Yantai instead of Dengzhou.
The main reason why Ma Lixun chose Yantai as the port was that Yantai had a superior geographical position and excellent harbor, which was suitable for trade activities at that time. In May of the same year, the Qing court approved changing the trading port from Dengzhou to Yantai.
The opening of Yantai marks the beginning of Yantai's semi-colonization. Western powers took the opportunity to enter and set foot on this ancient seaside. The opening of Yantai port played an important role in the history of China's opening to the outside world in modern times. It was one of the three major ports open to the outside world in northern China at that time, and the only port open to the outside world before 1898.
186 1 year, the opening of ports such as Yantai, China, accelerated the process of semi-colonization of China and brought the feudal society and economy of China to the brink of disintegration. However, the opening of ports objectively stimulated the development of capitalist economy in China coastal and coastal port cities, and promoted the development of national capital enterprises and new shipping.
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