Burlingame Treaty

The Burlingame Treaty ( German: " Burlingame Agreement" ) was an international treaty between the United States and China, which supplemented the Treaty of Tianjin and created the formal basis for a resumption of friendly relations between the two countries. The United States granted China with the contract the status of preferred trade partner within the meaning of " most favored nation principle." The contract, which was named after the American diplomat Anson Burlingame, was signed in July 1868 and entered into force the same year.

The Burlingame Treaty

• Recognized the right of China to carry out expropriations throughout its territory;
• Granted China the right to appoint consuls in the ports of the United States "to enjoy the same privileges and immunities enjoyed by the consuls of Great Britain and Russia";
• Wrote that " American citizens in China to protect every religious persecution and that the Chinese in the United States to grant full freedom of conscience and to protect both countries against any discrimination or persecution because of their religious belief or worship " are;
• Granted citizens of both countries who were living in the other country, certain privileges of which the privilege of naturalization, however, was the exception.

The special historical significance of the Burlingame Treaty was that a Chinese immigration was so warmly welcomed in the United States. After the domestic political pressure to limit the influx of Chinese immigrants, was significantly increased in the United States, the Treaty on the initiative of President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 renegotiated. The new version of the entry of Chinese nationals into the United States was not forbidden, but exposed. The obligation of the United States to protect the rights of those immigrants already living in the country was confirmed.

The provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Burlingame Treaty in 1882 was overridden. 1888 followed the Bayard- Zhang Treaty.