Booklet 6

Question 1

When was the Fuzhou Shipyard developed?

Answer 1

1872

Question 2

When was the Merchants Steam Navigation Company created?

Answer 2

1872

Question 3

How many ships did the Merchants Steam Navigation Company have and by when?

Answer 3

33 ships by 1877

Question 4

How many European Steamship companies were there and by when?

Answer 4

7 companies by 1881

Question 5

When was the self-strengthening movement?

Answer 5

1870s-1890s

Question 6

When was the Baoshan Railway created?

Answer 6

1876

Question 7

When was the Tianjin Coal Mine Transport created?

Answer 7

1881

Question 8

When did the Qing government invest to stop foreign monopolies in China?

Answer 8

1904

Question 9

When were railways nationalised?

Answer 9

1904

Question 10

When was the Railway Protection movement?

Answer 10

1911

Question 11

When did the Japanese develop railway networks in Manchuria?

Answer 11

1928-1949

Question 12

Between when did the PRC build 700 miles of railway per year?

Answer 12

1949-1965

Question 13

By how much did railways decline between when as a result of the cultural revolution?

Answer 13

20% decline between 1966-1975

Question 14

When was the Decision on improving railways set up?

Answer 14

1975

Question 15

When was the Burma road built?

Answer 15

1942

Question 16

When was the China Submarine Telegraph Company set up?

Answer 16

1869

Question 17

When was the American Federal Telegraph Company set up?

Answer 17

1920s

Question 18

Between when did Aeroplane passengers increase and what was the percentage?

Answer 18

1979-1989, increased by 436%

Question 19

When was the China National Aviation Corporation created?

Answer 19

1937

Question 20

By when did Shanghai have 30,000 workers in factories?

Answer 20

1920s

Question 21

By when did Shanghai have 131,000 workers in factories?

Answer 21

1930

Question 22

When did factory production overtake domestic production?

Answer 22

1936

Question 23

When did CCP devolve electrification to local governments?

Answer 23

1961

Question 24

When was electrification officially put under control of TVAs?

Answer 24

1983

Question 25

What were TVAs?

Answer 25

Town and Village areas

Question 26

By when did 1 billion people have access to electricity?

Answer 26

1999

Question 27

Between when did China’s manufacturing exports increase and by what?

Answer 27

1978-1985, $10 billion to $24 billion

Question 28

When did Prince Gong give the Self-Strengthening movement support?

Answer 28

1898

Question 29

When did T.V Soong introduced a Shanghai Stock market?

Answer 29

1931

Question 30

When was the Chinese Development Finance Corporation founded?

Answer 30

1932

Question 31

By when was contact with westerners become more common?

Answer 31

1970s

Question 32

By when did 98% of communes break up?

Answer 32

1983