- The
Cohong,
sometimes spelled kehang or gonghang, a
guild of
Chinese merchants or hongs,
operated the import–export
monopoly in
Canton (present-day Guangzhou)...
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Qianlong Emperor, they
became officially sanctioned as a
monopoly known as the
Cohong.
Thereafter Chinese merchants dealing with
foreign trade (Chinese: 洋行; pinyin:...
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function of the
Cohong was the
traditional bond
signed between a
Cohong member and a
foreign merchant. This bond
stated that the
receiving Cohong member was...
- the
Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and
leader of the
Canton Cohong. He was once the
richest man in the world. A
Hokkien by his
paternal ancestry...
- trade. The
Cohong reviewed the
cargo of each ship and
collected tariffs that were then p****ed onto the
Hoppo (Inspector of Customs). The
Cohong was at the...
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strongly at the
Cohong's control over prices, advances, and
exchange rates and
predicted the
death of
trade with China. In fact, the
Cohong helped ensure...
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forty individual houses in 1725
known as the
Cohong system.
Firmly established by 1757, the
Canton Cohong was an ****ociation of
thirteen business firms...
- host
foreign traders and the
products purchased,
under the
aegis of the
cohong. The hong (or Factories) were
usually owned by hong
merchants such as Pan...
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European and
American trade in Qing
China Topics Canton System Cohong East
India Company James Flint Old
China Trade Thirteen Factories Chinese Hongs...
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European and
American trade in Qing
China Topics Canton System Cohong East
India Company James Flint Old
China Trade Thirteen Factories Chinese Hongs...
