Treaty of Tarbagatai
The Treaty of Tarbagatai (
A Russian and Chinese border commission assembled at
Negotiations were burdened by disagreements in interpreting Article II of the Treaty of Peking. The Chinese argued that it could not be taken as the basis for negotiations since the Chinese delegate who negotiated it was ignorant of central Asian conditions. The article also failed to distinguish between the different Chinese picket lines. The Chinese delegation argued that the outermost picket line was intended, while the Russians insisted that only the innermost picket line of permanent control could count. Both claimed the inhabitants between the two picket lines as their own subjects. The Russians rejected all Chinese maps as unscientific. The first round of negotiations ended in failure in September 1862.[7]
In the summer of 1863 the Russians sent out an independent survey team, which resulted in skirmishes between Russian and Chinese troops. The objective of Russian policy in settling its border with China in 1858–64 was to establish control over a region and negotiate recognition of its sovereignty after the fact. The intensification of the
See also
- Treaty of Kulja (1851), a previous trade treaty for the same area
Notes
- ^ Lo 2006, p. 6, contains a map showing the results of the 1864 treaty..
- ^ a b Paine 1996, p. 102 n. 78.
- ^ Paine 1996, p. 29.
- ^ Lo 2006, p. 6.
- ^ Lo 2006, p. 10.
- ^ Paine 1996, p. 90.
- ^ a b c Paine 1996, p. 91.
- ^ Paine 1996, p. 122.
Sources
- Lo, Bobo (2006). "China and Russia: Common Interests, Contrasting Perceptions" (PDF). CLSA Asia–Pacific Markets Special Report (May).
- Paine, S. C. M. (1996). Imperial Rivals: China, Russia, and Their Disputed Frontier. M. E. Sharpe.