1902 in China
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Events from the year 1902 in China.
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Incumbents
- Guangxu Emperor (23rd year)
Events
- signing of the Mackay Treaty — a sixteen article treaty signed by the governments of Great Britain and the Chinese Qing dynasty on 5 September 1902. Under the terms of the treaty, the likin system of taxation was abolished and the first moves made to abolish extraterritoriality for foreign nationals.