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treaty port (條約規定的)通商口岸。

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Guangdong was one of the oldest and most important treaty ports in the chinese history , with the well - known “ maritime silk road “ starting from here . besides , guangdong is renowned for its being the home of overseas chinese . the number of overseas chinese and compatriots of hong kong , macau and taiwan with guangdong origin is approximately 30 million . they live in more than 100 countries in the world 廣東是中國最早和最重要的對外通商口岸之一,歷史上著名的“海上絲綢之路“就從廣東開始;廣東還是著名的僑鄉,廣東籍的華僑華人、港澳臺同胞人數約3000萬人,遍及世界100多個國家。

The dam is but the centrepiece of a colossal endeavour to transform the cities of the yangtze along a 400 - mile stretch from the wartime capital of chongqing , in the west , to the old british treaty port of yichang , in the east , towards shanghai and the sea 三峽水壩只是一項改變長江沿岸城市的宏大計劃的中心部分,整個計劃范圍涉及長江沿岸400多英里的城市,從西邊的重慶開始,到港口都市宜昌,最后到東邊的入海口上海。

The port was opened to foreign trade by the qing rulers in 1863 as a consequence of the treaty of peking one of the “ unequal treaties “ which opened up treaty ports and provided bases for the expansion of imperialist powers into china 發展簡史:原名打狗。明永歷十五年一六六一設萬年縣于今左營舊城址,一八六三年因北京條約,清朝正式開港。

Cannily spotting an opportunity , they set up art studios in guangzhou and hong kong where they mass - produced genre scenes of treaty ports , portraits and still lifes , which were then sold to foreign tradesmen as souvenirs 一些中國畫師學得技法之后,于廣州及香港開設畫室,大量繪制商港景色人物花鳥等畫作,供西方商人購藏作紀念。

Foreigners in the treaty ports lived charmed , if claustrophobic lives , protected from the outside by gunboats , foreign troops and immunity from chinese laws 外國人在條約港口的生活縱然幽閉,卻也令人陶醉,他們不受中國法律的約束,與外界所有的戰船炮艦、外夷軍隊皆無所涉。

In 1858 , with tianjin treaty signed by cing , the british and the french and stated that tainan should be opened as a treaty port to foreign ships 咸平八年(西元1858年) ,中英法天津條約簽訂,開郡城為通商口岸。

In the colonial era , the various countries that had been permitted in the city divided up shanghai ; essentially it had been a treaty port 在殖民時期,很多國家都過來瓜分上海,上海就變成了一個通商口岸。