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Our history teacher said that Britain, France, Russia and the United States signed the Tianjin Treaty with the Qing government in 1858. Why did Tianjin Port take two years to open?
Your question concerns/kloc-the diplomatic and trade history between China and western countries in the mid-9th century. From 65438 to 0858, Britain, France, Russia and the United States did sign the Tianjin Treaty with the Qing government. This treaty mainly involves some clauses in trade, travel and missionary work, but it does not directly involve Tianjin's opening of ports for trade.

In fact, in the Beijing Treaty of 1860, the Tianjin Treaty was recognized and Tianjin was opened as a trading port. The Beijing Treaty marked the end of the Second Opium War (1856- 1860), and also recognized and opened a series of unequal treaties. The signing of this series of unequal treaties marked that China gradually lost its autonomy and territorial integrity and deepened the semi-colonization of China.

As for the opening of Tianjin Port in two years, this may be a misunderstanding of the specific content of the treaty. In fact, the Tianjin Treaty itself did not specify the specific opening date, but determined the opening of Tianjin as a trading port in the Beijing Treaty, and one year after the treaty came into effect (that is, 186 1 year), the two sides began to exchange letters of ratification. Therefore, it is not actually said that Tianjin Port will open in two years.

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