Meanings
- A foreign concession in Shanghai, China, governed by France.
The Chinese Communist Party turns 100 this week. A century after it was founded in Shanghai’s French concession, the institution has never been so popular at home or resented abroad.
[2021 June 29, Pete Sweeney, “China’s Communist Party runs low on creativity”, in Peter Thal Larsen, Katrina Hamlin, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2021, Breakingviews2 more examples
The bodies of seven murdered members of Kuo's family were discovered buried in a garden in the Shanghai French Concession in November 1931; the bodies of four others of his relatives were found by the police later.
1968, O. Edmund Clubb, “The Chinese Communist Party”, in Communism in China, as Reported from Hankow in 1932, Columbia University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 89After several years of operations, The Wheel was closed in 1918 amid public displeasure. In the Shanghai French Concession, there were also several popular gambling houses including the Great World (大世界) and Xi Jia Du Chang (席家赌场).
2009, Desmond Lam, The World of Chinese Gambling, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 25
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 上海法租界
- 上海法租界 (Shànghǎi Fǎ Zūjiè)Translations
French concession française de Shanghai
- concession française de ShanghaiTranslations
Cite this entry
Shanghai French Concession. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanghai%20French%20Concession
“Shanghai French Concession.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanghai%20French%20Concession. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shanghai French Concession,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shanghai%20French%20Concession.
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