China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company: The Origin of State-Sponsored and Private Enterprise

Author: Cao Kaifeng
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book records the origin of the government-sponsored private enterprise, the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, during the Qing Dynasty. It details its relationship with the government, its own various shortcomings, and the intense competition it faced with the world-class foreign shipping giants of the time, such as、、.