# Canonical recap data for Treaty of Nanking (1842)
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slug: treaty-nanking-1842
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1842/treaty-nanking-1842"
title: Treaty of Nanking
subtitle: The First Opium War's conclusion imposed unequal treaties on China, marking the beginning of foreign domination and national humiliation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1842-08-29
datePrecision: day
year: 1842
decade: 1840
country:
name: China
slug: china
summaryShort: "The Treaty of Nanjing was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It was the second of what the Chinese later termed the unequal treaties, after the rejected 1841 Convention of Chuenpi, signed by British Superintendent of trade "
summaryLong: The Treaty of Nanjing was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It was the second of what the Chinese later termed the unequal treaties, after the rejected 1841 Convention of Chuenpi, signed by British Superintendent of trade in China, Charles Elliot, and Qing Imperial Commissioner, Qishan, which the treaty was largely based on.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Treaty of Nanking"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking"
  title: Treaty of Nanking
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Treaty of Nanjing was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It
wikidataQid: Q238262
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260605183633/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-05
  label: Treaty of Nanking
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking"
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- peace_accord
canonicalClasses:
- governance
- transformation
impactRadius: regional
velocity: sudden
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
