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Convention of Chuenpi
Page one of the convention
Drafted20 January 1841
LocationHumen, Guangdong, China
ConditionUnratified; superseded by the Treaty of Nanking (1842)
Negotiators
  • Convention of Chuenpi Charles Elliot
  • Qing dynasty Qishan
Convention of Chuenpi
Traditional Chinese穿鼻草約
Simplified Chinese穿鼻草约

The Convention of Chuenpi[1] (also "Chuenpee", pinyin: Chuān bí) was a tentative agreement between British Plenipotentiary Charles Elliot and Chinese Imperial Commissioner Qishan during the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China. The terms were published on 20 January 1841, but both governments rejected them and dismissed Elliot and Qishan, respectively, from their positions. Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston stated that Elliot acquired too little while the Daoguang Emperor believed Qishan conceded too much. Palmerston appointed Major-General Henry Pottinger to replace Elliot, while the emperor appointed Yang Fang to replace Qishan, along with Yishan as General-in-Chief of Repressing Rebellion and Longwen as an assistant regional commander. Although the convention was unratified, many of the terms were later included in the Treaty of Nanking (1842).

  1. ^ Hoe & Roebuck 1999, p. xviii

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