Work

The Treaty of Ghulja reconsidered: Imperial Russian diplomacy toward Qing China in 1851

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: This work endeavors to analyze the negotiation process of the Treaty of Ghulja between the Russian Empire and Qing China in the summer of 1851. The treaty’s format and negotiation method largely followed the examples established by the original Kiakhta Treaty and its subsequent revisions. The Imperial Russian government nevertheless tried to extend the rights articulated in the Kiakhta Treaty to the new commercial treaty in Ghulja, embedding within it new rights equal to those acquired by European powers in Qing China’s territories to open free trade in Xinjiang.

Source: Journal of Eurasian Studies

DOI: 10.1177/1879366519842882

Author: Akifumi Shioya

Institution: University of Tsukuba

Language: English

Topic: Historical Influence and Diplomacy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Mitsubishi Foundation, Murata Science Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Awards: G3554628474, G4135272891, G8701263944