Tianjin
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- Names
Tianjin
T'ienching
Tientsin
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Was a garrison town until 1782; here treaty was signed opening this & 10 other Chinese ports to foreign trade in 1858; occupied by British & French 1858 & 1860; scene of fighting in Boxer Rebellion, which led to strict control by international commission.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994); Times Atlas of World History (1993); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
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