It was one of the Treaty Ports open to foreign settlement in the 19th century.

The army fired an estimated 60,000 artillery shells at the foreign settlements.

The fighting devastated much of the countryside but left the foreign settlements untouched.

Prior to foreign settlements, initiated in 1840s, the city's main streets had hardly changed.

Yingkou was divided into a foreign settlement and a Chinese city.

By 1894, the treaties that led to the formation of the foreign settlement had been abolished, and new ones became effective in 1899.

On that date, the foreign settlement returned fully to Japanese control.

Later, he negotiated the opening of Yokohama as a trading port and foreign settlement.

Irish is the main language to have originated from within the island, while others have been introduced through foreign settlements.

After this incident, the church headquarters was relocated inside the safer foreign settlements of the city.