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The Shanghai International Settlement (Chinese: 上海公共租界) originated from the 1863 merger of the British and American enclaves in Shanghai, in which British and American citizens would enjoy extraterritoriality and consular jurisdiction under the terms of unequal treaties agreed by both parties. These treaties were abrogated in 1943.
The International Settlement of Shanghai was the main target, especially after the killing by Municipal Police of Chinese protesters on 30 May 1925.
Oct 15, 2011 · Established in 1843, the Shanghai International Settlement grew rapidly. It started with the British Concession in 1843, followed by the American Concession in 1844, then the French Concession in 1848. In 1863, the American and British Concessions officially joined together, creating the Shanghai International Settlement.
The British Concession or Settlement was a foreign enclave (a "concession") in Shanghai within the Qing Empire which existed from around 1845 until its unification with the American area, located directly north of it across Suzhou Creek to form the Shanghai International Settlement in 1863.
the Modern World: Records of Shanghai and the International Settlement, 1836–1955, Shanghai’s International Settlement was the beating heart of Chinese trade, finance and culture and the epitome of China’s experience of (semi-) colonialism. Shanghai was, by 1930, the fifth largest city in the world by
Sep 21, 2024 · A 1942 guide, Da shanghai, devotes two short sections to “tan”. One section “Huangpu tan” presents the Bund as the “point of origin” of the International Settlement, but immediately proceeds to describe it as the “Wall Street” of the city, with a high concentration of banks from all over the world.
In her ground-breaking work on the International Settlement of Shanghai, Isabella Jackson has described it as the product of a form of ‘transnational colonialism’ by which non-state actors of multiple nationalities co-operated in the colonial government of the Settlement, and the co-
