Statemaking Strategy and Regional Development from late Qing
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State-making Strategy and Regional Development from late Qing Empire to People’s Republic of China Wensheng Wang Department of History UH Manoa
Lower Yangzi Delta: Economic and Cultural Heartland of China after the 11 th century
China’s loess plateau
Loess soil in north and northwest China (loess-fine wind-driven earth)
Building dikes on the Yellow River “Suspended River” “
Granary System: Transporting rice to famine area
Geographical pattern of population growth
Route of Taiping Advance 1851 -3
Taiping Regime at its Height
Nian rebellion in North China (1852 – 68)
Muslim Rebellions in Xinjiang (1854– 73, 1866 -77)
The People’s Commune is good!
Speed up the mechanization of agriculture, 1960
Developing Heavy Industry
“Steel industry is the foundation of all industries”
Hukou (residence card) Employment, medicare Retirement, housing, education, birth
A sculpture showing the start of the “Household responsibility system” November 24, 1978
The rise of Township and Village Enterprises
State‑owned factories
China's Signing World Trade Agreement, 2001
Shenzhen at Night
Go West Initiative
Hydro stations planned for construction from 1987 on
Water Availability Per Capita, 2007
Muslim Province of Xinjiang
Peasant migrant workers in cities
China: urban population