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Convention Between Great Britain and China Respecting Tibet

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Treaty of Peking (1906)
Convention Between Great Britain and China Respecting Tibet
Text of the Convention
TypeConvention
Signed27 April 1906
LocationPeking,Qing Empire
SignatoriesTang Shaoyi
Ernest Mason Satow
PartiesChina
United Kingdom
RatifiersGuangxu Emperor
King Edward VII
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TheConvention Between Great Britain and China Respecting Tibet(Chinese:Trung anh tục đính tàng ấn điều ước) was atreatysigned between theQing dynastyand theBritish Empirein 1906, as a follow-on to the 1904Convention of Lhasabetween the British Empire and Tibet. It reaffirmed the Chinese possession of Tibet after theBritish expedition to Tibetin 1903–1904. The British agreed not to annex or interfere in Tibet in return for indemnity from the Chinese government, while China engaged "not to permit any other foreign state to interfere with the territory or internal administration of Tibet".[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Joseph, Askew (14 September 2020)."The Status of Tibet in the Diplomacy of China, Britain, the United States and India, 1911 - 1959"(PDF).Adelaide University - History Centre for Asian Studies. p. 21.
  2. ^"Tibet profile - Timeline".BBC News.2014-11-13.Retrieved2020-09-13.
  3. ^Cordier (1912)."Tibet".In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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