Leased Territories
In these the foreign powers obtained, under a lease treaty, not only the right to trade and exemptions for their subjects, but a truly colonial control over each concession territory, de facto annexation:
| Territory | Date | Lease holder |
|---|---|---|
| Guandongzhou Leased Territory (today's Dalian) |
1894–1898 Japan 1898–1905 Russia 1905–1945 Japan |
leased by Russia and later by Japan |
| Weihai in Shandong Province | (1898–1930) | leased by Britain |
| Qingdao in Shandong Province | (1897–1922) | leased by Germany |
| The New Territories adjoining the original perpetual Hong Kong concession and its 1860 Kowloon extension |
(1842; 1860; 1898–1997) | leased by Britain |
| Guangzhouwan Leased Territory in Guangdong Province (today's Zhanjiang) | (1911–1946) | leased by France |
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