Chinese occupation of German Hankou

Chinese occupation of German Hankou
	Part of World War I
Date	March 16, 1917
Location	Hankou, China
Result	Allied Victory Liquidation of the concession
Belligerents
China	Germany German concession of Hankou;
Strength
200 police officers	Civil administrators and guards
Casualties and losses
None	All civil administrators and guards captured

In 1895, in order to thank Germany for intervening in Liaoning against Japan, the Chinese government forced Japan to withdraw from the Liaodong Peninsula and they acquired the Treaty of Shimonoseki and allowed Germany to open a concession in China. On October 3, Germany opened its first concession in China in Hankou. Its total area was 600 acres.

Occupation

The day following the Chinese ceasing of relations, 200 Chinese police officers entered the concession and occupied the 600 acre territory, taking the guards and administrators captive.^[1]^{[better source needed]} China later declared war on August 14, 1917.^[2]

Aftermath

Following the end of the war, Germany gave up all rights to Hankou in the Treaty of Versailles and China turned it into the First Special Zone of Hankou.^[3]

References

^ "Former Foreign Colonies and Major Concessions in China". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
^ "Hankou Concession". www.wuhancityofdesign.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
^ "Lutyens, Mary, (Mrs J. G. Links), (31 July 1908–9 April 1999), writer since 1929", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, retrieved 2024-02-18

[1] "Former Foreign Colonies and Major Concessions in China". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

[2] "Hankou Concession". www.wuhancityofdesign.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

[3] "Lutyens, Mary, (Mrs J. G. Links), (31 July 1908–9 April 1999), writer since 1929", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, retrieved 2024-02-18

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