Abstract
In World War Ⅱ, the United States of America and the United Kingdom voluntarily abolished the extraterritoriality system in China in January 1943. It not only helped promote China's international position, but also strengthened China's self-confidence. Frankly speaking, in abolishing all unequal treaties, Chiang Kai-shek's attitude was the decisive key point. This essay is based on the Chiang Kai-shek Collections and relative governmental documents held in Academia Historica, and discussed how Chiang changed his attitude forwards the Sino-British Treaty. At first, Chiang thought Churchill, the United Kingdom premier, was a crafty person, so Chiang could not trust him. Finally, Chiang hoped to sign the Sino-British treaty for the abolition of extraterritoriality and related rights in China smoothly, even shelved the plan about taking over Hong Kong sovereignty.
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