French China (22 avr. 1898 – 18 août 1945)

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Guangzhouwan, officially Kouang-Tchéou-Wan, was a small enclave on the southern coast of China ceded by Qing China to France as a leased territory and administered as an outlier of French Indochina. The capital of the territory was Fort-Bayard- Zhanjiang (also known as Tsankiang, Chankiang, and Tsamkong).

Japan occupied the territory in February 1943. The French never regained it after World War II; the Republic of China occupied the territory following the surrender of Japan and France formally retroceded it with the Chungking Convention of 18 August 1945.

The territory did not experience the rapid growth in population that other parts of coastal China experienced, rising from 189,000 in the early 20th century to just 209,000 in 1935. Industries included shipping and coal mining.

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