Chefoo Convention

The Chefoo Convention, negotiated at Yantai (Chefoo) with Britain in 1876 (although not ratified by Britain until 1885) following the murder of a British explorer by Chinese nationals, resulted in more Chinese concessions and the opening of several new ports. By the Treaty of Beijing (November…

…the opportunity to negotiate the Chefoo Convention with China. Negotiated and signed at the northern Shandong city of Yantai (Chefoo) in 1876, the treaty further extended the British rights by opening more Chinese ports to foreign trade and agreeing to a mission to delineate the Yunnan-Myanmar border, though the London…

…Chinese that resulted in the Chefoo Convention (1876), which opened new treaty ports to trade and led to China’s sending for the first time a minister to the Court of St. James in London.