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Baruch Boxer The contemporary cityīy contrast, local Chinese investment in Shanghai’s industry was minimal until World War I diverted foreign capital from China. As the flow of foreign capital steadily increased after the first Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), light industries were established within the foreign concessions, which took advantage of Shanghai’s ample and cheap labour supply, local raw materials, and inexpensive power. Except for the Jiangnan Arsenal organized by the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12) in the early 1860s, most industrial enterprises were small-scale offshoots of the larger foreign trading houses. Shanghai did not show promise of becoming a major industrial centre, however, until the 1890s. As the natural outlet for the vast hinterland of the lower Yangtze, Shanghai rapidly grew to become China’s leading port and by 1860 accounted for about 25 percent of the total shipping tonnage entering and departing the country. Impelled by this potential threat to the uninterrupted expansion of their commercial operations in China, the British obtained rights of navigation on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in 1857. The city’s prospects as a leading centre of foreign trade were further enhanced when Canton (present-day Guangzhou), a rival port in the southeastern coastal province of Guangdong, was cut off from its hinterland by the Taiping Rebellion (1850–64). The opening of Shanghai to foreign business immediately led to the establishment of major European banks and multipurpose commercial houses. The British, French, and Americans took possession of designated areas in the city within which they were granted special rights and privileges, and the Japanese received a concession in 1895 under the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. Following a humiliating defeat by Great Britain in the first Opium War (1839–42), the Chinese surrendered Shanghai and signed the Treaty of Nanjing, which opened the city to unrestricted foreign trade. At this time the city became the major Chinese base for commercial imperialism by nations of the West. By the middle of the 18th century there were more than 20,000 persons employed as cotton spinners.įormer French concession district in ShanghaiĪfter the 1850s the predominantly agricultural focus of the economy was quickly transformed. By the beginning of the 11th century a customs office was established, and by the end of the 13th century Shanghai was designated as a county seat and placed under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu province.ĭuring the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) roughly 70 percent of the cultivated acreage around Shanghai was given to the production of cotton to feed the city’s cotton- and silk-spinning industry. The natural advantages of Shanghai as a deepwater port and shipping centre were recognized as coastal and inland shipping expanded rapidly. The area to the west around Lake Tai had developed a self-sustaining agricultural economy on protected reclaimed land and was stimulated by an increase in population resulting from the southward migration of Chinese fleeing the invading Mongols in the north. Despite the steady southward progression of Chinese settlement, the exposed deltaic position of the area retarded its economic growth.ĭuring the Song dynasty (960–1126) Shanghai emerged from its somnolent state as a small, isolated fishing village. History of Shanghai Evolution of the cityĪs late as the 5th to 7th centuries ce the Shanghai area, then known as Shen or Hudu, was sparsely populated and undeveloped. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.
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