Other Astor House Hotels
In 1908 it was accepted wisdom that "no treaty port is complete without its Astor House". Eventually there were other Astor House Hotels in
- Hong Kong (about 1842),
- Tientsin (opened 1863) (now The Astor Hotel Tianjin),
- Kobe (by 1875),
- Chefoo (by 1878),
- Pei tai ho (by 1906),
- Moukden (by 1908),
- Nanking (by 1910)
- Seoul (by 1910),
- Hankow (by 1911),
- Newchang (by 1910)
- Swatow (by 1915),
- Peiping (by 1935), and
- Amoy,
- Canton.
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