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[b]The Boxer Protocol and Vienna Conference of 1901[/center][/b]

[quote]The German Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Russian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Empire of Japan and the United States of America, henceforth known as the "Great Powers", and the Chinese Empire hereby conclude the following protocol:

I. The Great Powers and the Chinese Empire shall end their mutual hostilities.

II. The Russian Empire shall withdraw their troops from Chinese Manchuria and return to the territorial status quo ante bellum with the Chinese Empire.

III. The Chinese Empire shall recognise the Russian Empire as the sole owner of the Chinese Eastern Railway, protect it from vandalism and sabotage and allow continued Russian construction on the railway.

IV. The Chinese Empire shall pay 450 million taels of fine silver over the next 39 years with 4% interest as indemnities for the damages suffered by the Great Powers and Other Nations in China.

IVa. The indemnities shall be divided in the following way:
Russia: 31%
Germany 22%
United Kingdom: 13%
United States: 10%
Japan: 13%
Austria-Hungary: 6%
Italy: 2%
France: 2%
Others (Spain, Belgium, Netherlands): 1%

V. The City of Canton shall be leased to the Austro-Hungarian Empire for 99 years.

VI. The City of Shenzhen shall be leased to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 99 years.

VII. The City of Hong Kong shall be permanently annexed by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

VIII. The Chinese Empire shall cede concession zones to the Kingdom of Belgium, Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the City of Tianjin.

IX. The importation of arms and ammunition, as well as materials necessary for arms and ammunition, shall be prohibited for a duration of 2 years. This duration can be extended for another 2 years if necessary.

X. The Taku Forts shall be demolished and the area shall remain without fortifications.

XI. The Legation Quarters pf the Great Powers shall be considered a special area under the exclusive control of the Great Powers, in which Chinese shall not have the right to reside. These special areas may be defensible and the Great Powers may maintain a permanent guard in their respective quarters.

XII. Those Boxer and Government officials responsible for the illegal crimes during the Boxer Conflict shall be punished harshly.

XIII. The Zongli Yamen (Office in Charge of Affairs of All Nations) shall be replaced with a Foreign Office, which shall rank above the other six boards in the government, to ease the improvement of mutual relations.

XIV. The Chinese Empire shall prohibit forever, under the pain of death, membership in any anti-foreign society.

XV. Civil service examinations shall be suspended for 5 years in all areas where foreigners were massacred or subjected to cruel treatment. Provincial and local officials shall be personally held responsible for any new anti-foreign incidents.

XVI. The Chinese Emperor shall convey his regrets to the German Emperor for the assassination of Baron von Ketteler.

XVII. The Chinese Emperor shall convey his regrets to the Emperor of Japan for the assassination of Mr. Sugiyama Akira.

XVIII. The Chinese Government shall erect a commemorative arch inscribed in Latin, German and Chinese on the spot of the assassination of Baron von Ketteler.[/quote]

Main signatories
[X] For the German Empire, Ambassador Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein.
[] United Kingdom
[] Russian Empire
[] Austro-Hungarian Empire
[] United States of America
[] Empire of Japan
[] Chinese Empire

Other signatures:
[] Kingdom(s) of Sweden-Norway
[] Kingdom of Italy
[] French Republic
[] Kingdom of Spain
[] Kingdom of Belgium
[] Kingdom of the Netherlands