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		In 1898 Great Britain secured a lease of the Weihaiwei coastal region in the Chinese province of Shantung (now Shandong) for a period of 25 years (later extended to 32 years).
		It was divided into two zones : - the town of Weihaiwei under a common British-Chinese administration, - the rest of the leased territory under exclusive British administration, To this was added a zone surrounding the leased territory under Chinese authority, but where the British enjoyed some privileges.
		At first Weihaiwei was intended to become a major British naval base and was under military administration.
	www.geocities.com /capitolHill/rotunda/2209/Weihaiwei.html (327 words)

	Weihaiwei
		In 1898, the British government leased the port of Weihaiwei on the Shantung peninsula, the southern naval gateway to the Gulf of Chihli (Po Hai), from the Manchu dynasty, to counter the Russian presence at the northern gateway of Port Arthur.
		With coaling facilities and dry dock, Weihaiwei had its place, for the 32 years the lease was held, in the chain of command for British naval operations in the Far East and around the world.
		Hovers the simile of Empire—the bluebird of Weihaiwei.
	home.earthlink.net /~lospoesy/banbury2.html (2593 words)

	Weihaiwei Hotel
		Weihai, a famous coastal garden city, lies on the eastern end of the Shangdong peninsula on the border of South Korea.
		Weihaiwei Hotel, a four-star tourist hotel, is located in the commercial center of Weihai city.
		Weihaiwei Hotel had authorized one of the State's Hundred Excellent Hotels for several years.
	www.cbw.com /hotel/vip/weihaiwei/index.html (198 words)

	Qingdao and Weihaiwei Masonic Halls Revisited
		This paper is based on the visit by brethren of the District Grand Lodge of Hong Kong and the Far East to Qingdao and Weihaiwei in China in October 1998.
		It is worth dwelling on the siege of Weihaiwei between January and February 1895 due to its consequences.
		Weihaiwei was then leased to Great Britain in July 1898 from China on a 32-year lease.
	www.shamrock712hk.com /papers/dglvisitchina98.htm (4480 words)

	Foreign colonies in China
		In 1902 the Junkmen of Weihaiwei applied to have the Chinese pennants which they flew, stamped "Issued by British Authorities" to correspond to the practice of the Russians in Port Arthur, and the Germans in Kiao Chao.
		Consisted of the island of LiuKung, a strip ten miles broad along the whole coastline of WeiHaiWei Bay, and a sphere of influence covering 1500 square miles in Shantung province.
		According to Webster's New Geographical Dictionary (1988) Weihai or Weihaiwei is a seaport in Shantung province, northeast China at the eastern end of peninsula on the north coast, 40 miles east of Chefoo and on southern shore of the Strait of Pohai; a naval base, ship-repairing center, fishing port; good harbor protected by Liu-Kung Island.
	www.fotw.net /flags/cn_gbcol.html (1127 words)

	British Empire: The Map Room: Asia: Weihaiwei
		Weihaiwei was a seaport in Shantung province, northeast China at the eastern end of a peninsula on the north coast, 40 miles east of Chefoo and on the southern shore of the Strait of Pohai.
		It was a naval base, ship-repairing center, fishing port; providing a good harbour protected by Liu-Kung Island.
		In 1898 it was leased to Great Britain and used as a naval base.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /maproom/weihaiwei.htm (85 words)

	Weihaiwei Hotel Shandong China - PrecisionReservations.com
		The Weihaiwei Hotel is situated in the heart of Shandong, making it ideal for business trips or leisurely breaks.
		Visitors to Shandong will see that the hotel is the right choice with its convenient location and complete services and facilities.
		To proceed with your booking at the Weihaiwei Hotel, please select your chosen dates of stay and submit our secure online booking form.
	www.precisionreservations.com /china/shandong/weihaiwei-hotel.html (170 words)

	The Standard - Hong Kong's First FREE English Newspaper
		The nationalist government in China was weak and keen to do deals to recover the so-called treaty ports, such as Weihaiwei, which had been gobbled up during the imperialist land-grabbing frenzy that gripped the major European powers at the turn of the century.
		By the time the Europeans were prepared to relax their grip the government in Beijing was far more concerned about a foreign enclave on the Chinese mainland than the relatively obscure port city of Hong Kong in the distant south of the country.
		Although largely ignored by its imperial masters in London, Weihaiwei was starting to enjoy economic growth and a modicum of prosperity.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=29886&sid=10458961&con_type=1&d_str=20061020 (812 words)

	Hotel reservation -> Weihaiwei Hotel (Weihai)
		Weihai, a famous coastal garden city, lies on the eastern end of the Shangdong peninsula on the border with
		It's near the quiet and clean seaside and the passenger harbor is very close to the hotel.
		Weihaiwei Hotel have been known as one of the State's Hundred Excellent Hotels for several years.
	www.servingmall.com /en/hotel/Hotel876.htm (240 words)

	Kobayashi Kiyochika / The Army Advancing on the Ice to Attack Weihaiwei (Ikaiei) / 1895
		Kobayashi Kiyochika / The Army Advancing on the Ice to Attack Weihaiwei (Ikaiei) / 1895
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	Sino Japanese War
		Meanwhile, a huge naval battle on the Yellow Sea between the Chinese and Japanese navies had led to the Chinese Beiyang Fleet retreating into Weihaiwei (on the north shore of the Shandong peninsula) having suffered heavy losses.
		The siege took place in the worst possible winter conditions, including severe snow storms and temperatures of down to –26 degrees Celsius.
		Finally, on 12thebruary 1895, the Japanese forces forced their way into Weihaiwei, and the Beiyang Fleet effectively ceased to exist.
	visimperica.com /Wars/vi_sinojap.htm (334 words)

	THE BRITISH AT WEIHAIWEI: A CASE STUDY IN THE IRRATIONALITY OF EMPIRE. - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Weihaiwei Territory, one of the least lustrous gems in Queen Victoria's imperial tiara, was a 285-square-mile leasehold located on the northeastern coast of Chinas Shantung Province near the tip of the peninsula.
		Weihaiwei was the erstwhile home port of the ill-fated Chinese Northern Fleet, destroyed in the Sino-Japanese War; at the time of the British takeover it was still occupied by Japanese troops.
		Weihaiwei, until 1894 the base of the hapless Chinese northern fleet, was for all its limitations the only anchorage north of the Yangtze not in foreign hands or off limits to Chinese military installations due to treaty port status.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-68952036.html (5244 words)

	Search Results for "Weihaiwei"
		In the First Sino-Japanese War he captured Port Arthur and Weihaiwei, and in the Russo-Japanese War he was commander in Manchuria....
		Britain gained a lease for Weihaiwei as a counterweight, and tensions were reduced.
		Britain announced (Feb. 1) the return of Weihaiwei (actually effected Oct. 1, 1930).
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Weihaiwei (247 words)

	Foreign colonies in China
		Consisted of the island of LiuKung, a strip ten miles broad along the whole coastline of WeiHaiWei Bay, and a sphere of influence covering 1500 square miles in Shantung province.
		Weihaiwei was a British lease territory in Northeast China.
		According to Webster's New Geographical Dictionary (1988) Weihai or Weihaiwei is a seaport in Shantung province, northeast China at the eastern end of peninsula on the north coast, 40 miles east of Chefoo and on southern shore of the Strait of Pohai; a naval base, ship-repairing center, fishing port; good harbor protected by Liu-Kung Island.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/cn_gbcol.html (778 words)

	The End Game
		The battered Beiyang Fleet limped back to its home port at the Weihaiwei Naval Base, where Chinese commanders sorrowfully reported to Li Hongzhang that not a single ship was seaworthy, let alone capable of combat operations.
		While China's peace mission was being rebuffed in Hiroshima, the Japanese moved into position to take the naval stronghold of Weihaiwei in northeastern Shantung Province, which along with Port Arthur commanded the entrances to the Gulf of Bohai.
		The march to Weihaiwei began a two-week-long combined assault by land and sea against the Chinese forts and warships anchored at the naval base.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C28/E2804.htm (4380 words)

	Reginald Johnston at AllExperts
		Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938) was a Scottish academic, diplomat and pedagogue and the teacher of Puyi, the last emperor of China, and later appointed as commissioner of British-held Weihaiwei.
		After initial service in Hong Kong, Johnston was transferred to the British leased territory at Weihaiwei in 1906 on the coast of the Shandong Peninsula as a District Officer, working with Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart.
		In 1927, he was appointed Commissioner at Weihaiwei.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/re/reginald_johnston.htm (556 words)

	Weihai China
		Covering a total area of 8950 square meters, privately-managed constructions of Weihaiwei Bund consist of the Gate of Weihai, an art gallery, pubs, yachting clubs, a marina, etc. Shanghai Lang'ai Investment Management Co., Ltd. has obtained 20 years' operation of these constructions.
		Weihaiwei Bund is regarded as one of the key projects of Weihai in 2006 by the Municipal Communist Party Comittee and the Municipal Government of Weihai.
		Through open bidding and legal proceedings, Weihaiwei Bund, one of the key projects of public utilities in Weihai, has been successfully financed.
	www.weihai.gov.cn /weihai/en/default02.asp?id=56615 (243 words)

	Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
		The Japanese navy mauled China's northern fleet off the mouth of the Yalu River.
		The Chinese fleet lost 8 out of 12 warships, retreated behind the fortifications of the Weihaiwei[?] naval base[?], and was then caught by a surprise Japanese land attack across the Liaodong Peninsula[?], which shattered the ships in harbour with shelling from the landward side.
		After Weihaiwei's fall on February 2 and an easing in harsh winter conditions, Japanese troops pressed their advance into Manchuria.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fi/First_Sino-Japanese_war.html (321 words)

	Chemistry - Weihai
		Weihai (, also Weihaiwei) is a seaport city on the Bohai Gulf in north-east Shandong province, China.
		The port was once the base for the Beiyang Fleet of China during the Qing Dynasty.
		The city was part of a territory (c.285 sq mi/740 km²) called "Weihaiwei", which was leased by the United Kingdom from 1898 to 1930.
	www.chemistrydaily.com /chemistry/Weihaiwei (168 words)

	The Standard on British treaty ports - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		The nationalist government in China was weak and keen to do deals to recover the so-called treaty ports, such as Weihaiwei, which had been gobbled up during the imperialist land-grabbing frenzy that gripped the major European powers at the turn of the century.
		By the time the Europeans were prepared to relax their grip the government in Beijing was far more concerned about a foreign enclave on the Chinese mainland than the relatively obscure port city of Hong Kong in the distant south of the country.
		Although largely ignored by its imperial masters in London, Weihaiwei was starting to enjoy economic growth and a modicum of prosperity.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=14471 (2912 words)

	Weihaiwei Hotel - Weihai Accommodation - Discount China & Global Hotel Reservation
		There are many tourist sites including Liugong Island which is the memorial site of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895; Chengshan Cape which had been visited by Emperor Hanwudi and Emperor Qinshihuang; and Rongcheng Swan Lake which is the largest swan habitat in the winter.
		The Weihaiwei Hotel is a 4-star tourist hotel standing in the commercial center of Weihai and enjoying very convenient transportation links.
		The hotel is located 40 kilometers away from the airport and 10 kilometers from the railway station.
	www.sinohotel.com /hotel/hotel.html?hid=522 (345 words)

	EasternTea.com
		It is in fact a place of somewhat historical importance as it is the place where the Chinese had lost a war to the Japanese during the Sino-Japan war.
		This is rather suspicious as Weihaiwei is not well known for Yixing.
		Shandong is located in the north of China and it is not famous for its Yixing wares and it does not have that clay.
	www.easterntea.com /research/authentication.htm (693 words)

	-:\| CHINA TODAY \|:-
		Formerly known as Weihaiwei, the city was leased to Britain as a naval station in 1898 for a period of 32 years.
		Patriotic poet Wen Yiduo expressed his opposition to this and other colonial exploits in his work Song of Seven Sons in which he encouraged the Chinese people to unite and fight to recover their rightful territory.
		The “Seven Sons” referred to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Weihaiwei, Guangzhou Bay, Kowloon and Luda (present-day Lushun and Dalian), all of which were occupied by Western powers at that time.
	www.chinatoday.com.cn /English/e2005/e200507/p56.htm (770 words)

	Ting Yuan 1881-1895
		Reputed to be the largest and most powerful ironclad battleship in the Far East, Ting Yuan was naturally the vowed target of destruction for the Japanese navy whose naval war songs repeatedly alluded to her.
		At Weihaiwei, the once formidable Chinese fleet was wiped out, mainly by torpedo attack.
		Now possessing everything in Weihaiwei, the Japanese naval personnel boarded Ting Yuan to examine her damage and took photographs.
	smmlonline.com /articles/chinese.html (362 words)

	Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: Government Documents:: Treaty of Shimonoseki
		As a guarantee of the faithful performance of the stipulations of this Act, China consents to the temporary occupation by the military forces of Japan of Weihaiwei, in the province of Shantung.
		Details for the occupation of Weihaiwei were agreed to by the two sides in Separate Articles signed later the same day.
		The territory temporarily occupied at Weihaiwei shall comprise the islands of Liu-kung and a belt of land 5 Japanese ri wide along the entire coastline of the Bay of Weihaiwei.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/03pol/c02sa03.html (2418 words)

	Weihai
		In 1398,the Ming Dynasty stationed troops in Weihai, which was called Weihaiwei.
		In October, 1930, Weihai was regained and Weihaiwei Administrative Division was set up.
		In 1945,Weihaiwei City was set up which was renamed Weihai City after the establishment of the People Republic of China.
	www.dzwww.com /english/cities/t20030429_377658.htm (630 words)

	Weihaiwei Hotel Shandong China - SPECIAL Discount Rates
		The Weihaiwei Hotel is suitably located for business and leisure guests to Shandong.
		The hotel seeks to bring a balance of traditional style and modern comforts to meet the needs of each and every guest.
		For your reservation at the Weihaiwei Hotel Shandong, please select your preferred dates of stay and proceed with our secure online booking form.
	www.planetholiday.com /hotels/asia/china/shandong/weihaiwei_hotel.html (150 words)

	[Weihaiwei Hotel]--\|HOTEL\|--
		Weihaiwei Hotel，the first four-star hotel in Weihai,has been elected as one of the 100 Finest Star-Rated hotels in China for successive 3years since its foundation in 1990.in 1996.it gained the honour "international Grand Prix Leader in Prestige and Quality" by Spain,so it was reasonably elected standing council unit by China Tourist Hotel association.
		The hotel stands in the commercial center of Weihai 200rooms,resplendent and magnificent lobby, luxurious and commodious reception hail.
		You can enjoy Shandong dishes,cantonese dishes,Sichuan dishes and Korean, Japannese,Westem food in 30 restaurants with a seating capacity of 1000.The popular saying goes as "go to Weihaiwei for dinner" and also "the First Unit for Eating Globefish in China".
	www.citswh.com /english/hotel/show.asp?id=561 (110 words)

	Core...Kiyochika’s War
		In Kiyochika’s war, a cavalry officer stands before a horse in a quilted blanket, a rowboat buried in slabs of ice by his feet, and observes troops crossing a frozen river in the pale glow of dawn.
		In a comparably crisp winter scene, three officers stand around a telescope on a snow-buried bluff at Weihaiwei, looking down on a Chinese fleet in the harbor that they will soon destroy.
		In a dramatic rendering of the artillery on the warship Matsushima (which took heavy damage in a battle near the end of 1894), a sailor dying by the gun is consoled by being told that victory is assured.
	ocw.mit.edu /ans7870/21f/21f.027j/throwing_off_asia/toa_core_03.html (1832 words)

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