Treaty of Wanghia

The Treaty of Wanghia (Chinese中美 望 厦 条约/中美 望 厦 条约, Pinyin Zhong -mei Wangxia tiáoyuē, Chinese -American Treaty of Wangxia ') belongs to the series of the 19th century between Qing China and the foreign powers closed so-called unequal treaties. He was in the eponymous village near Macao by the authorized representative of the United States of America, Caleb Cushing, and the Governor-General of Guangxi and Guangdong, Qiying, signed on 3 July 1844.

Content, it is largely inspired the previous Treaty of Nanking between England and China from 1842 on and also eliminates relative to the U.S., the hitherto customary trade restrictions. The Treaty of Wanghia is significantly longer and more detailed as his role model and contains a number of additional concessions.

Therefore been given to the Americans in Article 17 is about the right to acquire land for the construction of churches, hospitals and cemeteries in the five treaty ports, which in particular the interests of the Christian missionaries should take into account. Article 18, the traditional ban on foreigners was eliminated, to learn the Chinese language. U.S. citizens are exempted from Chinese jurisdiction - Article 21 were - analogous to the Sino British Treaty of Humen.

At one point the U.S. the Chinese arrived in the Treaty of Wanghia but continue to prevent than it had done the Brits: In Article 33, the trade was expressly prohibited opium. Offenders Americans should be handed over to the Chinese authorities.