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the National Government of the Republic of China, all the territories of the Republic of China. Any reference in subsequent Articles of the present Treaty to the territories of one or the other High Contracting Party shall be deemed to relate to those territories of that. High Contracting Party to which the present Treaty applies.
(ii). In the present Treaty, the term
"nationals of the one (or of the other) High Contracting, Party" shall in relation to His Majesty the King mean all British subjects and all British protected persons belonging to the territories to which the present Treaty applies.
(iii). The expression "companics of the one (or the other) High Contracting Party" shall for the purpose of the present Treaty be interpreted as meaning limited liability and other companies, partnerships and associations constituted under the law of the territories of that High Contracting Party to which the présent Treaty applies.
Article 2(i). All those provisions of treaties or agreements in force between His Majesty the King and the President of the National Government of the Republic of China which authorise His Majesty or his representatives to exercise jurisdiction over nationals or companies of His Majesty in the territory of the Republic of China are hereby abrogated. Nationals and companies of His Majesty the King shall be subject in the territory of the Republic of China to the jurisdiction of the Government of the Republic of China, which shall be exercised in accordance with the principles of international law and practice.
Article 3(i). His Majesty the King considers that the final protocol concluded at Peiping on September 7th 1901 between the Chinese Government and other Governments, including His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, should be terminated, and agrees that the rights accorded to His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom under that protocol and under the agreements supplementary thereto shall cease.
(ii) His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will co-operate with the Government of the Republic of China for the reaching of any necessary agreements with the other Governments concerned for the transfer to the Government of the Republic of China of the administration and control of the diplomatic quarter at Peiping, including the control of the official assets and the official obligations of the diplomatic quarter, and the Government of the Republic of China will accept such transfer and will make provision for the assumption of such
obligations....