Dutch and Chinese relations Flashcards
When were the Sino-Dutch conflicts
During the Ming Dynasty (1620 - 1670)
VOC attempted to
force China to open up a port in Fujian for trade. Spanish and Portuguese already arrived, holland wanted to start a trading post. (China won from conflict, no trading post)
The Dutch managed to set up a trading base in
Taiwan, made the west-coast a colony. During the Qing, China reconquered Taiwan
During the Qing dynasty:
China didn’t allow free trade and opened one trading port in Kwantung
China Nota 2019
Finding an answer to growing Chinese influence, Opportunities and Risk, Human Right’s Issues, National Security Issues
Sino-Dutch business corporation
One Belt one Road -> agricultural products
KLM incident
KLM could not open a route to Beijing because it was operating a route to Taiwan. The government stepped in as mediator, it took years of negotiations before china allowed KLM to fly to beijing. Amsterdam is the european hub to fly to china.
Dutch mistake in 1980
Netherlands sold 2 submarines to taiwan, china does not want other countries to trade in military equipment to taiwan, china cancelled trade orders from Dutch manufacturers, Chinese did not have an ambassador in NL, removed Dutch ambassador from China.
Why did NL think it was okay to trade military equipment with Taiwan?
Because the US was doing the same, but its more difficult for China to say no to the US
When was the first diplomacy treaty with Taiwan and China?
1863
When did the situation complicate for diplomatic relations?
after 1949, civil war ended in China and nationalists fled to taiwan. US supported Taiwan and so did other european nations. Only taiwan was in United Nations
What happened after US decided PRC could be in the United Nations?
Taiwan had to leave
Taiwan has a
Tapei Representative Office in The Hague
Lord Macartney’s missions
1793 (he was not courteous enough)
Isaac Titsingh’s mission
1795 (followed court etiquette) but china already decided it only wanted to trade what it needed
