The Tientsin Accord or Li-Fournier Convention, concluded on 11 May 1884, was intended to settle an undeclared war between France and China over the sovereignty of Tonkin (northern Vietnam). The convention, negotiated by Li Hung-chang for China and capitaine de vaisseau François-Ernest Fournier for France, provided for a Chinese troop withdrawal from Tonkin in return for a comprehensive treaty that would settle details of trade and commerce between France and China and provide for the demarcation of its disputed border with Vietnam.
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... of Thai Nguyen, had convinced the Empress Dowager Cixi that China should come to terms, and an accord was reached between France and China in May ... The negotiations took place in Tientsin ... The Tientsin Accord, concluded on 11 May 1884, provided for a Chinese troop withdrawal from Tonkin in return for a comprehensive treaty that would settle details of trade and commerce between France and ...
... On 6 June 1884, pursuant to Article IV of the Tientsin Accord, the French concluded a fresh Treaty of Hue with the Vietnamese, which provided for a French protectorate over both Annam and Tonkin and allowed ... In theory, the conclusion of the Tientsin Accord should have resolved the confrontation over Tonkin between France and China ... designed to justify their unwillingness or inability to put the terms of the accord into effect ...
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