Chang Yu-nan and the Chaochow Railway (1904–1908): A Case Study of Overseas Chinese Involvement in China's Modern Enterprise

With the climax of imperialism in China at the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese nationalism in its modern form grew rapidly and became ever more assertive. As the imperialists concentrated on economic gains, the frustrated nationalists gave increasing attention to economic defences. The prime...

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Published in:Modern Asian studies 1984-02, Vol.18 (1), p.119-135
Main Author: Ching-Hwang, Yen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business structures
Capital investments
Capitalism
Case study
China, People's Republic of
Chinese nationalism
Consuls
History (1904-08)
Imperialism
Merchants
Modernization
Natural satellites
Overseas Chinese
Rail lines
Railway systems
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Summary:With the climax of imperialism in China at the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese nationalism in its modern form grew rapidly and became ever more assertive. As the imperialists concentrated on economic gains, the frustrated nationalists gave increasing attention to economic defences. The prime target of the imperialists was the control of mining and railway construction in different areas; so ‘to resist the imperialists’ became the catchword of the day, and the movement for recovering mining and railway construction rights highlighted the development of Chinese economic nationalism. While revolutionaries and the fugitive reformers abroad worked out their political programmes for the salvation of China, the conservative Manchu government and scholar-gentry tried to resist imperialism by promoting economic nationalism. To recover the mining and railway rights, to find the alternative capital for economic modernization and to play one power against another, became the strategic aims of economic nationalism.
ISSN:0026-749X
1469-8099
DOI:10.1017/S0026749X00011240