Tientsin-Fort Bayart
From Ipon
Tientsin-Fort Bayart, sometimes just called Tientsin or Fort Bayart, is one of the three special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The territory lies near the Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the South China Sea in the east and south. The territory begun as a trading port at the eve of the XIXth century and with the asian economic boost of the 60s, started to be a leading financial center, like Hong Kong or Singapur.
Tientsin-Fort Bayart was a French Concession from 1831 to 1946. After the WWII, it has became a overseas Territory of France until the transfer of its sovereignty in 1998. The Sino-French Joint Declaration and the Basic law of Tientsin-Fort Bayart stipulate that the territory should stay a SAR until at least 2048. Whereas Hong Kong, Tientsin is fully sovereign on it Foreign Affairs.
History
Human settlement in the location now known as Tientsin dates back from the Paleolitic area. The proper city of Tientsin was first mentioned circa 250 BC. Tientsin was a independant state since its vasalisation by Ming Dinasty in 1745. The Tientsin Dinasty reign over a small plot a land that is aproximatly was is today Tientsin- Fort Bayart SAR.
During the Dinastic Area, how historians called the period where Tientsin Dinasty rule the region, a quire properous city has emerged on Tientsin Island. Under the reign (1570-1599) of Li Hongzhang (李鴻章), the walls of the Old Town has been built, and the Winter Castle, located at the middle of the Old Town has been largely rebuilt. The Reign of Li Hongzhand is the start of Tientsin golden period. Many Temples have been rebuilt, a summer castle has been created on Tientsin Mainland. This period will stop in 1670 and will followed by the vasalization of Tientsin by the Ming Dinasty and the incorporation to Imperial China in 1820 during the Qing Dinasty.In the XIXth Century, dozens of riots of Tientsin inhabitants protesting against the Chinese incorporation hit Tientsin. Because the region has no economic interests, China acepted to sell Tientsin Island to the recently created July Monarchy, searching a "fait d'armes" to proof its legitimity. With the Convention of Tientsin, the Duchee of Fort Bayart is created and the city is renamed Fort Bayart inhonor of the Chevalier Bayart,his valour largely contributed to the victory of Marignan in 1515.
François de Nemours, the child of the Duke of Nemours and exil compagnion of Louis Phillippe D'Orléans, was apointed to be the first Duke-Governor of Tientsin, He was the First Duke of Fort Bayart. French started the planing of a new Town,now called Quartier de Fort Bayart(Fort Bayart Quarter). With the Revolution of 1848, which instaured the 2nd Republic in France, Charles, son of François de Nemours, embrased the republican spirits with Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, future Napoleon III. Charles Duke of Fort Bayart gained the right to stay governor of Fort Bayart but lost his title. In 1860, after China's defeat in the Second Opium War, Mainland of the Former Tientsin Dinasty was ratached to Fort Bayart Region.
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