摘要
琼州开埠耗时18年,经历待开埠、开埠中止和开埠成功三个阶段。三个阶段次第演进,是不同历史背景下英方控制开埠成本、规范香港与粤西贸易及与中、美、法互动博弈的结果。这透视出英方扩张在华利益,存在财政控制、调适帝国内部利益、对华外交博弈及与法、美列强竞合等多重考量。琼州开埠,不仅使中国东南沿海贸易网络中的“新加坡—琼州—香港”贸易纳入条约管辖,且联通英、法在中国(香港)和越南(河内、海防、西贡)的殖民市场,使该区域数百年来的朝贡贸易网络覆盖上了西方条约体制。
The opening of Qiongzhou as a treaty port took 18 years, which covered three phases: preparation, suspension and final completion.The evolution of the three phases demonstrated British efforts in controlling the cost of opening ports in China, regulating the trade between Hong Kong and western Guangdong, and maneuvering its relations with China, the United States and France, under evolving historical circumstances.This article uncovers the multiple considerations behind the expansion of British interests in China, including cost control, internal distribution of colonial benefits, diplomatic maneuvers against China, as well as competition with other foreign powers.The opening of Qiongzhou not only brought the “Singapore-Qiongzhou-Hong Kong” trade under the regulation of the treaty system, but also connected the British and French colonial markets in the Far East.As a result, the tributary trade network that had functioned for hundreds of years in this area had henceforth been replaced by the Western treaty system.
出处
《史学月刊》
CSSCI
北大核心
2023年第1期73-85,共13页
Journal of Historical Science
基金
国家社会科学基金青年项目“英国在华情报网络的建构与对华外交决策研究(1843—1911)”(21CZS035)
中国博士后科学基金第69批面上资助项目(2021M690102)。
关键词
琼州
香港贸易
威妥玛
中英关系
中外关系
Qiongzhou
Hongkong Trade
Thomas Wade
Sino-British Relations
Sino-Foreign Relations
