1841 proposed treaty between the Qing and United Kingdom
Convention of Chuenpi
Page one of the convention
Drafted
20 January 1841
Location
Humen, Guangdong, China
Condition
Unratified; superseded by the Treaty of Nanking (1842)
Negotiators
Charles Elliot
Qishan
Convention of Chuenpi
Traditional Chinese
穿鼻草約
Simplified Chinese
穿鼻草约
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Chuān bí cǎo yuē
Hakka
Romanization
Con1 pi4 tiau2 yok5
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Chyūn beih chóu yeuk
Jyutping
Cyun1 bei6 cou2 joek3
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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).
^Hoe & Roebuck 1999, p. xviii
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