Show CHEE FOO CHINA tb oriental place where the becent treaty wag slener chee foo where the treaty of peace was signed between china and japan and which also goes by the name of yen tai is one of the best known ports in the northeastern part of china it is situated at the head of one of the bays of the gulf of Pe and is in the neighborhood of two of the most prominent places ia the recent chine japan ese war it was here that the peace of 1876 between england and china was signed by which three new ports of entry were opened to foreign commerce the signing of the treaty on the ath of last may between the two inimical brothers of the far orient has given chee foo a new historical importance from june 8 1850 until the chino european war france had occupied chee foo any interference from foreign powers it is thickly populated baring one hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants according to the consular reports of 1891 in summer it is a fashionable watering place like trouville and brighton it is very attractive with its villas with vine enshrouded verandas clustering on the hillside which overlook semaphore point or dotting the plain beside the signal tower a pretty pagoda rears its head crowned by its cap with upturned wiggs america and russia send petroleum oil to chee foo england cottons and metals the great article of export is raw silk in the quarter facing the sea in a small hotel bearing the european name of beach hotel alio peace treaty between the chinese and japanese plenipotentiaries was signed |