The Convention of Peking (October 18, 1860), also known as the First Convention of Peking, was a treaty between the Qing Government of China and the British Empire, and between China and France, and China and Russia.
Article 6 of the Convention between China and the Great Britain stipulates that China was to cede a part of the Kowloon Peninsula, south of the present day Boundary Street, Hong Kong, and including the Stonecutters Island, in perpetuity to Britain.
As the Convention was signed as a result of the Second Opium War under the military and diplomatic pressures of British and Franch troops (which were burning the Old Summer Palace at the time), it was considered to be one of the unequal treaties by the Chinese side.
Outer Manchuria (Chinese: 外滿洲), known in China as Outer Northeast [China] (Chinese: 外東北), is the territory ceded by China to Russia in the Treaty of Aigun in 1858 and the Treaty of Peking in 1860.
According to the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689, the Sino-Russian border was the Stanovoy Mountains and the Argun River, giving Outer Manchuria to China.
The Treaties of Argun and Peking, however, realigned the border on the Amur and Ussuri rivers, in Russia's favour.
The Convention of Peking (Chinese: 北京條約 Pinyin: Běijīng Tiáoyūe) (October 18, 1860), also known as the First Convention of Peking, was a treaty between the Government of the Qing-Dynasty of China and each of the three European powers, namely the United Kingdom, France, and Russia.
Article 6 of the Convention between China and the United Kingdom stipulated that China was to cede a part of the Kowloon Peninsula, south of the present day Boundary Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong, including the Stonecutter's Island, in perpetuity to Britain.
It was considered one of the unequal treaties by the Chinese.
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