Treaty of Shanghai

[Guinness]

Treaty of Shanghai

Being that the Reformist Republic of China and the Confederate States of America desire to foster a peaceful and productive relationship between their nations, and being that both nations seek the swift and successful reconstruction of the city of Shanghai, both nations do agree to the following Articles:

Article I: The Confederate States of America will invest direction and encourage further investment by Confederate commercial concerns in the economic development and reconstruction of the city of Shanghai.

Article II: The Confederate States of America will receive a lease of a commerce zone within Shanghai for a period of no less than 25 years, and no more than 99 years. The lease will expire when 99 years is reached, or 25 years after the last Confederate direct investment is made. This commerce zone will comprise of the Yangpu District of the city of Shanghai in it's entirety.

Article III: The Confederate States of America will be granted the powers to levy taxes and duties and to otherwise regulate commerce within the commerce zone.*

Article IV: The Confederate States of America will enforce laws and regulations of it's own choosing with are in the public interest, arrest or detain anyone in violation of the rule of law, and to prosecute non-Chinese nationals who break the law within the commerce zone. Any prosecution of Chinese nationals arrested, detained or accused by the Confederate States of America will be the purview of the Chinese, with the understanding that the Confederate States of America and China should consult on any and all proprietorial decisions, and cooperate in all matters of law enforcement within the zone.

Article V: The Confederate States of America will be granted license to make necessary military improvements within the zone. This can include construction of a reasonably sized naval station** and emplacement of a limited number of coastal defense guns to twelve inches in diameter, but no more than four guns of anything bigger than nine inches, and no more than twenty guns smaller than nine inches in diameter. This license will grant the Confederate States of America permission to do these things, but does not require that the Confederate States of America do these things.

Article VI: The Confederate States of America is granted the right to station sufficient military force*** within the zone to defend of Confederate interests and investment in the area.

Article VII: The Reformist Republic of China may decide to end the lease at any time by delivering a written statement of the end of the agreement to the Confederate States of America, and by repayment to the Confederate States of America the sum total of all funds invested by the Confederate States of America in the commerce zone. From the moment of delivery, the Confederate States will have two years to remove it's agents of government and military forces from the zone. The Confederate States of America will not be obligated to leave, however, until complete repayment of invested funds is made by the Reformist Republic of China.****

Article VIII: No repayment on the part of the Reformist Republic of China will be required should the terms of the lease be completed in their own time. Repayment is only required should the Reformist Republic of China require the Confederate States of America to abandon the commerce zone early.


Out of Character Footnotes:
 * IE the CSA will receive $1.5 per half in return for every IC it invests in, representing the direct benefits of the increased commercial activity within the zone. The RRC will receive $0.5, which represents the indirect benefits of the investment on surrounding areas.
 ** IE a type two naval station
 *** In game terms, limited to one Division of heavy infantry
 ****The RRC, should they choose to end the relationship early, will be required to repay the cost of all the IC built by the CSA in Shanghai before the CSA is required to depart.

[Guinness]

Signed by H. Douglas Lamont, Confederate Special Envoy to East Asia at Shanghai on January 4, 1917.

[Logi]

Signed by President Chiang Kai-shek, representing the Chinese people as a whole at Shanghai on January 4, 1917.