1902年中英议修商约中的米谷转运出口谈判

The Negotiation between China and Britain in 1902 on the Issues of Rice Exportation in Inland Ports When Discussing Revision of Commercial Treaty

1902年中英议修商约谈判是清末清政府积极修约实践的重要事件。这次修约涉及中英关系的诸多方面,并对晚清中外关系的整体格局有所影响。在这次谈判中,有关外人参与中国口岸米谷转运出口的问题,成为修约谈判中的一个重要议题。中英双方几经会谈,签订了《中英续议通商行船条约》。该条约使清朝取得了一定的自主权利,实现了在一定程度上对外人权益进行限制的目的。在这次议修商约谈判实践中,充分显示出清政府外交态度之转变,其在外交上维护自身利权的意识逐渐加强。在清政府积极修约态度的变化之中,还可以看出其中对外交涉与内政变化的密切关联,外交观念的转变中有对外国势力逼迫下政治经济主权利益的切实诉求。这种努力虽然不能改变屈从列强的大格局,但却在一定意义上显示出清末政府外交中值得注意的动向。光绪末年显露的清政府外交态度之转变成为国人外交观念转变之趋向。

The Chinese Commercial Negotiation with British in 1902 was an important event which indicated the effort by the Qing Government on revising commercial treaty.The paper cards a contention on the rules of rice expor tation by both Chinese and British sides in the negotiation,and analyzes the negotiation situation in which the ministers were in charge of mediating with the British minister in negotiation.Here by,it exposits under the ef fort of the Qing Government at revising commercial treaty,there was another unconscious side that the Qing Government had a stronger appeal on economic sovereignty.