The unequal treaties were considered unfair to China because they were forced upon the country by Western powers, exploiting China's weakened state to extract concessions that favored the foreign powers. These treaties often granted extraterritorial rights to foreigners, imposed unequal tariffs, and allowed foreign control of Chinese territory, undermining China's sovereignty and national pride.
Under the 'unequal treaties' China had to cede the island of Hong Kong to Great Britain, opened five treaty ports to Western trade, paid nine million dollars to the effected, limited tariffs to five percent. The most important was that the Western merchants were now to follow laws of their mother countries instead of China.
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The unequal treaties of the 1850's and 1860's actually benefited China because the treaties called for trade to be established with China and other Asian countries. The trade with Asia accelerated, but then started to dwindle just before World War I.
They divided China into spheres of influence
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Unequal treaties are signed when there is a threat of force. They were also signed by the Qing Dynasty of China after suffering military defeat.
Foreign countries were given total control over trade in China. <---novaNET!!
they invaded China, massacred some some boxers and many civilians, then they asked China to pay for damaged churches, dead foreigners, and their military expense in China, and then they forced China to sign more unequal treaties, and it ended.