List of diplomatic missions of the Qing dynasty

While the Qing dynasty of China tried to maintain the traditional tributary system of China, by the 19th century Qing China had become part of a European-style community of sovereign states and had established official diplomatic relations with more than twenty countries around the world before its downfall, and since the 1870s it established legations and consulates known as the "Chinese Legation", "Imperial Consulate of China", "Imperial Chinese Consulate (General)" or similar names in seventeen countries, namely the Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom (or the British Empire) and the United States. == Background == Anson Burlingame, a representative of the United States, was requested to take two Qing officials to the United States and Europe in 1867 when the Qing government chose to send China's first diplomatic mission to the Western countries to renegotiate its treaties.

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