关于我国近代租界的几个问题

由于长期对租界与居留地之间没有作出明确与确切的界说 ,以致对我国近代租界数字的统计众说纷纭。租界与居留地的界定原则为 ,凡经由我国政府以条约、协定或协议形式 ,正式同意承租某地区的外国掌握该地区行政权的 ,是为租界 ;凡我国政府虽然划定某一地区租赁予外国侨民居住 ,但我国政府仍掌握有该地之行政权者 ,是为居留地。列强在我国共攫得租界 2 7处 ;内中公共租界 2处 ,专管租界 2 5处 ,另有北京使馆界 1处

Some Issues Concerning Concessions in Modern China

The determination of the exact number of concessions in modern China is controversial due to the traditionally ill defined boundary between concession and settlement. In principle, a concession is such a portion of land administered by a foreign nation to which that portion of land is leased officially by the Chinese government in the form of a treaty, an agreement or a convent, whereas a settlement is one leased to foreigners, but is still administered by the Chinese government. The imperialist powers took 27 concessions in China, among which two were international and the other 25 were administered by individual countries. There was also one embassy quarter in former Beijing.