France and the Exploitation of China: A Study in Economic Imperialism, 1885-1901

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This book is an examination of the development of the French imperial mission in China from 1885 to 1900. French industry and capital contributed to the construction of the great Fort Arthur naval base, and the Beijing-Hankou railway, and paid for much of Russia's encroachment in Manchuria. By 1900, French interests were diffused throughout China. Lee demonstrates France's preference for a policy of economic penetration rather than the establishment of a territorial "sphere of interest," and evokes a remarkable period of European territorial acquisitiveness and competition. Preface Contents Maps Tables Abbreviations 1 France and China in the Nineteenth Century Part I The Diffusion of Investment in Northern and Central China 2 The Quest for Industrial Hegemony 1885-1896 3 The Struggle for the Beijing-Hankou Railway Concession, 1896-1898 4 The Implementation and Consequences of the Beijing-Hankou Concession 5 Banking, Industry, and the Russian Alliance, 1895-1901 Part II Economic Penetration versus Territorial Control: France and South-western China 6 Early Attempts at Penetration and the Longzhou Railway, 1885-1899 7 French Initiatives in Yunnan, 1895-1898 8 Doumer’s Ambitions versus Mattress Diplomacy in Yunnan, 1899 9 Railways and Mining: Steps towards Anglo-French Co-operation in Yunnan, 1900-1901 10 Conclusion Notes Notes to Chapter 1 Notes to Chapter 2 Notes to Chapter 3 Notes to Chapter 4 Notes to Chapter 5 Notes to Chapter 6 Notes to Chapter 7 Notes to Chapter 8 Notes to Chapter 9 Notes to Chapter 10 Glossary of Chinese Names Bibliography Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Holdings of the National Archives Archives of the Ministry for Finances Contemporary Books and Pamphlets Selected Contemporary Articles More Recent Articles Index