Event

Yangzhou riot

1868 · 32.40° N, 119.44° E

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When
1868
Kind
Event
Coordinates
32.40° N, 119.44° E

Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Yangzhou.

Yangzhou riot

1868 Chinese rioting

The Yangzhou riot of August 22–23, 1868 was a brief crisis in Anglo-Chinese relations during the late Qing dynasty. The crisis was fomented by the gentry of Yangzhou who opposed the presence of foreign Christian missionaries in the city, who claimed that they were legally residing under the provisions of the Convention of Peking.

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