Beijing-Hankou railway concession: a lost cause for Britain in 1897-1898

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RIV/61384399:31150/24:00060678

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Beijing-Hankou railway concession: a lost cause for Britain in 1897-1898

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The struggle for railway concessions was a critical factor influencing the China (Far Eastern) Crisis of 1897-1898, which was related to the Great Powers’ scramble for concessions and spheres of influence in the Middle Kingdom. Great Britain played a major role in this process as well as in the general development of trade with China. After China’s defeat in the war with France (1884-1885), prominent Chinese dignitaries (Li Hongzhang, Shen Xuanhuai, Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, Zuo Zongtang) initiated the so-called Self-Strengthening Movement, which was to include the construction of railways to preserve China’s independence. However, it turned out that there was not enough capital in China to carry out this plan. The war with Japan (1894-1895) exposed China’s weakness and gave rise to a heavy reliance on foreign capital. The founding of Imperial Railways of North China (between Beijing and Mukden) and the support of the mighty viceroy Li Hongzhang had extraordinary importance for the construction of railways. The real partition of China into spheres of influence by the Great Powers brought some limits to British activities. A concession to construct the strategically important Beijing-Hankow railway was received by a Belgian syndicate in 1898. This provided the opportunity for Russia’s influence to expand to Yangzi. All of it led to a temporary setback in the British &quot;railway policy&quot; in China.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Beijing-Hankou railway concession: a lost cause for Britain in 1897-1898

Popis výsledku anglicky

The struggle for railway concessions was a critical factor influencing the China (Far Eastern) Crisis of 1897-1898, which was related to the Great Powers’ scramble for concessions and spheres of influence in the Middle Kingdom. Great Britain played a major role in this process as well as in the general development of trade with China. After China’s defeat in the war with France (1884-1885), prominent Chinese dignitaries (Li Hongzhang, Shen Xuanhuai, Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, Zuo Zongtang) initiated the so-called Self-Strengthening Movement, which was to include the construction of railways to preserve China’s independence. However, it turned out that there was not enough capital in China to carry out this plan. The war with Japan (1894-1895) exposed China’s weakness and gave rise to a heavy reliance on foreign capital. The founding of Imperial Railways of North China (between Beijing and Mukden) and the support of the mighty viceroy Li Hongzhang had extraordinary importance for the construction of railways. The real partition of China into spheres of influence by the Great Powers brought some limits to British activities. A concession to construct the strategically important Beijing-Hankow railway was received by a Belgian syndicate in 1898. This provided the opportunity for Russia’s influence to expand to Yangzi. All of it led to a temporary setback in the British &quot;railway policy&quot; in China.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Historian

ISSN

0018-2370

e-ISSN

1540-6563

Svazek periodika

85

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

347-365

Kód UT WoS článku

001346492000003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85208800191