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    The Old China Trade (Chinese: 舊中國貿易) refers to the early commerce between the Qing Empire and the United States under the Canton System, spanning from...
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  • Republic of China Economy of the Republic of China Economic history of China (pre-1911) Economic history of China (1912–1949) Old China Trade, the commerce...
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    resident of Salem, as a United States consul of the early years. The Old China Trade left a significant mark in two historic districts, Chestnut Street...
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    2003, China was estimated to have four million regular drug users and one million registered drug addicts. Illegal drug trade in China Madak Old China Trade...
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    Opium Wars (category Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text)
    Old China Trade. By 1833, the Chinese opium trade soared to 30,000 chests. British and American merchants sent opium to warehouses in the free-trade port...
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  • sail from the newly independent United States to China, opening what is known today as the Old China Trade and transporting the first official representative...
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    The China World Trade Center (simplified Chinese: 中国国际贸易中心; traditional Chinese: 中國國際貿易中心; pinyin: Zhōngguó guójì màoyì zhōngxīn) is located in Chaoyang...
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  • Canton System Chartered company Fur trade Lists of companies (category) Old China Trade Spice wars Trade "Trading company (definition)". Businessdictionary...
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    Canton System (redirect from Canton Trade)
    (1757–1842; Chinese: 一口通商; pinyin: Yīkǒu tōngshāng; Jyutping: jat1 hau2 tung1 soeng1, lit. "Single [port] trading relations") served as a means for Qing China to...
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  • and exotic furniture were traded. The first vessel from the United States that traded to China was the Empress of China in 1784. The American merchants...
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  • Trade is a key factor of the economy of China. In the three decades following the dump of the Communist Chinese state in 1949, China's trade institutions...
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    William Shepard Wetmore (category American expatriates in China)
    16, 1862) was an American businessman and philanthropist who was an Old China Trade merchant. He was born on January 26, 1801, to Nancy Shepard and Seth...
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    Low German trade ("track, course"), from Old Saxon trada ("spoor, track"), from Proto-Germanic *tradō ("track, way"), and cognate with Old English tredan...
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    relations within China and India date back to ancient times. The Silk Road not only served as a major trade route between India and China, but is also credited...
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    Guangzhou (redirect from Canton, China)
    Beijing and Shanghai. Canton System and Old China Trade World's largest cities Historical capitals of China Mezitli Producer Women's Market#Guangzhou...
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  • Cohong (category History of foreign trade in China)
    During the century prior to the First Opium War of 1839–1842, trade relations between China and Europe took place exclusively via the Cohong – a system...
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    United States and Chinese governments was the 1845 Treaty of Wangxia. Trade grew slowly, with talk of a giant buyers' market in China always making the...
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    China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most...
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    traditional Chinese: 冊封體制; pinyin: Cèfēng tǐzhì) at its height was a network of loose international relations centered around China which facilitated trade and...
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    to in media as the Trump-China trade war) were protectionist trade initiatives during the Trump administration against Chinese imports. During the presidency...
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    importance to the Chinese economy. Nevertheless, it remains the largest trading nation in the world and plays a prominent role in international trade. Manufacturing...
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    History of Shanghai (category Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text)
    modern China. Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as one of China's principal trading ports...
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    the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by seizing private opium...
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    their domination of the Sino-Indian opium trade since the 1820s. When the Treaty of Nanking opened up China to British traders, Sassoon developed his...
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    121°29′06″E / 31.225°N 121.485°E / 31.225; 121.485 (Old City of Shanghai) The Old City of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海老城厢; pinyin: Shànghǎi Lǎo Chéngxiāng; Shanghainese:...
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    History of Macau (category CS1 Chinese-language sources (zh))
    of China. It was leased to Portugal in 1557 as a trading post in exchange for a symbolic annual rent of 500 tael. Despite remaining under Chinese sovereignty...
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    industrialist, and slave trader. He made a fortune in privateering and the Old China Trade, was active in Federalist Party politics during the Thomas Jefferson...
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    Renminbi (redirect from China Money)
    Republic of China. It is the world's 5th most traded currency as of April 2022. The yuan (Chinese: 元 or simplified Chinese: 圆; traditional Chinese: 圓; pinyin:...
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    all along the China Coast. By the end of the nineteenth century, Jardine, Matheson & Co. had become the largest of the foreign trading companies in the...
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    pioneers of the Old China Trade. In 1828, having settled in Canton, China, Low was admitted as a partner of the Russell & Co. trading company, as a replacement...
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