1902 in China

Events from the year 1902 in China.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (23rd year)

Events

• signing of the Mackay Treaty — a sixteen article treaty signed by the governments of Great Britain and the Chinese Qing dynasty on 5 September 1902. Under the terms of the treaty, the likin system of taxation was abolished and the first moves made to abolish extraterritoriality for foreign nationals.

Births

• 7 May — Guo Tianmin (郭天民), general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China from Hubei (d. 1970)
• 25 June — Li Ziming ( (李子鳴), martial artist (d. 1993)

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