中俄北京条约 (ZhōngÉBěijīngTiáoyuē): Convention of Peking (Sino-Russ…

Meanings

1 Convention of Peking (Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing, 1860): an unequal treaty between Qing China and Tsarist Russia that ceded the Maritime Province (Outer Manchuria) to Russia

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Examples

《中俄北京条约》签订于1860年。

“Zhōng É Běijīng Tiáoyuē” qiāndìng yú yī bā liù líng nián.

The Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing was signed in 1860.

通过《中俄北京条约》，俄国获得了乌苏里江以东的领土。

Tōngguò “Zhōng É Běijīng Tiáoyuē”, Éguó huòdéle Wūsūlǐjiāng yǐ dōng de lǐngtǔ.

Through the Treaty of Beijing, Russia obtained the territory east of the Ussuri River.

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history

Signed November 14, 1860 in the wake of the Second Opium War. It confirmed and extended the 1858 Treaty of Aigun (爱珲条约), giving Russia roughly 400,000 km² including the future site of Vladivostok (海参崴). Counted in Chinese textbooks among the 不平等条约 ("unequal treaties").