Booklet 6 Flashcards
When was the Fuzhou Shipyard developed?
1872
When was the Merchants Steam Navigation Company created?
1872
How many ships did the Merchants Steam Navigation Company have and by when?
33 ships by 1877
How many European Steamship companies were there and by when?
7 companies by 1881
When was the self-strengthening movement?
1870s-1890s
When was the Baoshan Railway created?
1876
When was the Tianjin Coal Mine Transport created?
1881
When did the Qing government invest to stop foreign monopolies in China?
1904
When were railways nationalised?
1904
When was the Railway Protection movement?
1911
When did the Japanese develop railway networks in Manchuria?
1928-1949
Between when did the PRC build 700 miles of railway per year?
1949-1965
By how much did railways decline between when as a result of the cultural revolution?
20% decline between 1966-1975
When was the Decision on improving railways set up?
1975
When was the Burma road built?
1942
When was the China Submarine Telegraph Company set up?
1869
When was the American Federal Telegraph Company set up?
1920s
Between when did Aeroplane passengers increase and what was the percentage?
1979-1989, increased by 436%
When was the China National Aviation Corporation created?
1937
By when did Shanghai have 30,000 workers in factories?
1920s
By when did Shanghai have 131,000 workers in factories?
1930
When did factory production overtake domestic production?
1936
When did CCP devolve electrification to local governments?
1961
When was electrification officially put under control of TVAs?
1983
What were TVAs?
Town and Village areas
By when did 1 billion people have access to electricity?
1999
Between when did China’s manufacturing exports increase and by what?
1978-1985, $10 billion to $24 billion
When did Prince Gong give the Self-Strengthening movement support?
1898
When did T.V Soong introduced a Shanghai Stock market?
1931
When was the Chinese Development Finance Corporation founded?
1932
By when was contact with westerners become more common?
1970s
By when did 98% of communes break up?
1983
