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Definition of Hong merchant

Hong merchant
Hong Hong, n. [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile house, factory.] A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.

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- the West as "Howqua" or "Howqua II", was a hong merchant in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong. He was once...
- A hong (Chinese: 行; pinyin: háng; Jyutping: hong4-2) was a type of Chinese merchant establishment and its ****ociated type of building. Hongs arose in Guangzhou...
- Jorge Álvares, who arrived in 1513. Portuguese merchants established a trading post called Tamão in Hong Kong waters and began regular trade with southern...
- emperors. From the late seventeenth century onwards, Chinese merchants, known as Hongs (Chinese: 行; pinyin: háng), managed all trade in the port. Operating...
- James Flint (Chinese name: 洪任輝, Hóng Rènhuī, 1720 — unknown) was an 18th-century British merchant and diplomat emplo**** by the East India Company and...
- China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (SEHK: 144) is a major conglomerate based in Hong Kong and is involved in a range of businesses such as...
- University Press 1958. China portal Hong Kong portal Companies portal China Merchants Group website—(in English) China Merchants Group—(in Chinese) scholarlyarticles...
- premiere on Netflix in early 2024. Hong Rang tells the story of Hong-rang (Lee Jae-wook), the son of a large merchant in the Joseon, who went missing at...
- The Merchant (Korean: 상도; Hanja: 商道; RR: Sangdo) is a South Korean historical television drama, based on The Merchant of Joseon, a novel written by Choe...
- full of porcelain dealers, it came to be known as China Street. The Hong merchants included Howqua (Wu Bingjian), Puankhequa, Mowqua, Goqua, Fatqua, Kingqua...