Editing Gando Convention (section)

{{Short description|1909 treaty between Japan and China}}
The 1909 '''Gando Convention''' ({{cjkv|t=間島協約|j=間島協約|p=Jiāndǎo Xiéyuē|k=간도협약/間島協約}}) was a [[treaty]] signed between [[Empire of Japan|Imperial Japan]] and [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]] in which Japan recognized China's claims to [[Jiandao]], called Gando in Korean, and [[Paektu Mountain|Mount Paektu]], and in return Japan received [[railroad]] concessions in [[Northeast China]] ("[[Manchuria]]"). After the [[Surrender of Japan]], Gando Convention was [[de jure]] nullified. While China (then still divided between the Nationalist and Communist factions) took control of Manchuria and the northwestern half of Mt. Paektu, the Korean government north of the [[38th parallel north|38th Parallel]] (the present-day government of the [[North Korea|DPRK]] or North Korea) took control of the southeastern half of Mt. Paektu in addition to taking control of the Korean Peninsula north of the 38th Parallel.

Gando/Jiandao is a historical border region along the north bank of the [[Tumen River]] in [[Jilin|Jilin Province]], [[Northeast China]] that has a high population of ethnic Koreans.

Many [[Koreans]] maintain a claim on Gando for they regard the Gando Convention treaty null and void, and because the area is still largely inhabited by Koreans.