The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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... China Navigation Co. ( Butterfield & Swire ) , established in 1872 , and the Indo - China Steam Naviga- tion Co. ( Jardine Matheson & Co. ) , established in 1881. Shanghai and Hong Kong were the chief centres of our economic activities ...
... China Navigation Co. ( Butterfield & Swire ) , established in 1872 , and the Indo - China Steam Naviga- tion Co. ( Jardine Matheson & Co. ) , established in 1881. Shanghai and Hong Kong were the chief centres of our economic activities ...
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... China's defeat in the Sino - Japanese War of 1894-5 . As soon as the war had ended , France had forced China to grant concessions to French firms , including the first for the building of a foreign rail- way in China , in the provinces ...
... China's defeat in the Sino - Japanese War of 1894-5 . As soon as the war had ended , France had forced China to grant concessions to French firms , including the first for the building of a foreign rail- way in China , in the provinces ...
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... China.2 Other leases of Chinese territory , e.g. Port Arthur to Russia , Kaulmang to Great Britain , Kiauchau to ... China . Though the exercise of administrative rights over the territories leased was relinquished by China to the lessee ...
... China.2 Other leases of Chinese territory , e.g. Port Arthur to Russia , Kaulmang to Great Britain , Kiauchau to ... China . Though the exercise of administrative rights over the territories leased was relinquished by China to the lessee ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The AngloRussian agreement and its effects | 7 |
Britain as yet the only fully industrial state | 11 |
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