Chinese occupation of German Hankou

Chinese occupation of German Hankou
	Part of World War I
Date	March 16, 1917
Location	Hankou, China
Result	Allied Victory Liquidation of the concession
Belligerents
China	Germany German concession of Hankou;
Strength
200 police officers	civil administrators and guards
Casualties and losses
None	all civil administrators and guards captured

In 1895, in order to thank Germany for intervening in Liaoning against Japan, the Chinese government forced Japan to withdraw from the Liaodong Peninsula and they acquired the Treaty of Shimonoseki and allowed Germany to open a concession in China. On October 3, Germany opened its first concession in China in Hankou. It's total area was The area is 600 acres.

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