American concession of Tianjin
American concession of Tientsin 天津美租界 | |||||||||
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| 1860–1901 | |||||||||
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Flag of the United States at the time of the concession's establishment | |||||||||
Map of the British concession's expansion. The former territory of the American concession is denoted as the "Southern Extension". | |||||||||
| Status | Concession of United States | ||||||||
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• Established | 1860 | ||||||||
• Absorption into the British concession of Tianjin | 1901 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | People's Republic of China | ||||||||
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The American concession of Tianjin (Chinese: 天津美租界; pinyin: Tiānjīn měi zūjiè) was a territory (concession) in the Chinese city of Tientsin de facto occupied by the United States between the 1860s and 1901 in present-day Xiaobailou Subdistrict. American administration of the settlement existed in a legal gray area where no material paperwork ever existed to demarcate the concession. Its existence was only made possible by acknowledgment by all sides: the United States, the Qing dynasty, and other local concession municipal governments, including the German, Russian, and British concessions.