River Conservancy and the Undetermined Future of the Port of Tianjin, 1888-1937

Across the last several decades of China’s last imperial dynasty, the Qing (1644-1912), and China’s first republic (1912-1949), on the banks of a river connecting Tianjin with the sea, the most important seaport of North China in the early twentieth century was built, thanks to the consistent effort...

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Main Author: Kan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2017-10-01
Series:Open Rivers
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Online Access: https://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/river-conservancy-and-the-undetermined-future-of-the-port-of-tianjin/