Modern era · 1887

Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking

The Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking was a treaty signed on 1 December 1887 between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Qing dynasty. Regarded by China as one of the unequal treaties concluded following the Second Opium War, it granted Portugal perpetual colonial rights over Macau in exchange for its cooperation in curbing the smuggling of opium.

Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking
Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking · Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1 Dec 1887
Where
Beijing
Era
Modern

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Before and after

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