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Economic history of China before 1912

Index Economic history of China before 1912

The economic history of China covers thousands of years and the region has undergone alternating cycles of prosperity and decline. [1]

48 relations: Candareen, Canton System, Cash (Chinese coin), Chao (currency), China Time-honored Brand, China trade, Chinatown, Chinatown, Liverpool, Chinese Century, Chinese customs gold unit, Chinese economic reform, Chinese export porcelain, Chinese industrialization, Dagang, Yancheng, Demography of Liverpool, Economic history of China, Economic history of China (1912–49), Economic history of China (1949–present), Equal-field system, Flying cash, Grand Canal (China), Great Divergence, Haijin, High-level equilibrium trap, History of banking in China, History of metallurgy in China, History of salt, History of tea in China, History of the People's Republic of China, Huizi (currency), Hundred Days' Reform, Mace (unit), Meissen porcelain, Ningbo Commercial Group, Open Door Policy, Outline of ancient China, Outline of economics, Physiocracy, Qing conquest theory, Salt Commission, Salt in Chinese history, Shang Yue, Sprouts of capitalism, Stock Exchange Executive Council, Swedish East India Company, Thirteen Factories, Tiandihui, Yangtze.

Candareen

A candareen (Accessed from OED Online.; Singapore English usage: hoon) is a traditional measurement of weight in East Asia.

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Canton System

The Canton System (1757–1842) served as a means for China to control trade with the west within its own country by focusing all trade on the southern port of Canton (now Guangzhou).

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Cash (Chinese coin)

Cash was a type of coin of China and East Asia, used from the 4th century BC until the 20th century AD.

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Chao (currency)

The chao was the official banknote of the Yuan dynasty in China.

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China Time-honored Brand

China Time-honored Brand (Chinese: Zhonghua lao zihao 中华老字号 or simply lao zihao 老字号) is a title granted by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China to Chinese enterprises that existed before 1956, sell products, techniques or services passed down through generations, have distinct Chinese cultural characteristics and are widely recognized by society.

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China trade

China trade may refer to.

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Chinatown

A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of Chinese or Han people located outside mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan, most often in an urban setting.

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Chinatown, Liverpool

Chinatown is an area of Liverpool that is an ethnic enclave home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe.

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Chinese Century

The Chinese Century is a neologism suggesting that the 21st century will be geopolitically dominated by the People's Republic of China, similar to how "the American Century" refers to the 20th century and "Pax Britannica" ("British Peace") refers to the 19th.

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Chinese customs gold unit

The customs gold unit (CGU) was a currency issued by the Central Bank of China between 1930 and 1948.

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Chinese economic reform

The Chinese economic reform refers to the program of economic reforms termed "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" in the People's Republic of China (PRC) that was started in December 1978 by reformists within the Communist Party of China, led by Deng Xiaoping.

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Chinese export porcelain

Chinese export porcelain includes a wide range of Chinese porcelain that was made (almost) exclusively for export to Europe and later to North America between the 16th and the 20th century.

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Chinese industrialization

In the 1960s, about 60% of the Chinese Labor Force were employed in agriculture.

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Dagang, Yancheng

Dagang is a town in Yandu District, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China.

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Demography of Liverpool

The demography of Liverpool is officially analysed by the Office for National Statistics.

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Economic history of China

The economic history of China is covered in the following articles.

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Economic history of China (1912–49)

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, China underwent a period of instability and disrupted economic activity.

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Economic history of China (1949–present)

China's economic system before the late-1990s, with state ownership of certain industries and central control over planning and the financial system, has enabled the government to mobilize whatever surplus was available and greatly increase the proportion of the national economic output devoted to investment.

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Equal-field system

The equal-field system or land-equalization system was a historical system of land ownership and distribution in China used from the Six Dynasties to mid-Tang dynasty.

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Flying cash

Flying cash (飛錢) was a paper currency of the Tang dynasty in China and can be considered the first banknote.

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Grand Canal (China)

The Grand Canal, known to the Chinese as the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal (Jīng-Háng Dà Yùnhé), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the longest as well as one of the oldest canal or artificial river in the world and a famous tourist destination.

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Great Divergence

The Great Divergence is a term made popular by Kenneth Pomeranz's book by that title, (also known as the European miracle, a term coined by Eric Jones in 1981) referring to the process by which the Western world (i.e. Western Europe and the parts of the New World where its people became the dominant populations) overcame pre-modern growth constraints and emerged during the 19th century as the most powerful and wealthy world civilization, eclipsing Medieval India, Qing China, the Islamic World, and Tokugawa Japan.

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Haijin

The Haijin or sea ban was a series of related isolationist Chinese policies restricting private maritime trading and coastal settlement during most of the Ming dynasty and some of the Qing.

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High-level equilibrium trap

The high-level equilibrium trap is a concept developed by environmental historian Mark Elvin to explain why China never underwent an indigenous Industrial Revolution, despite its wealth, stability, and high level of scientific achievement.

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History of banking in China

The history of banking in China includes the business of dealing with money and credit transactions in China.

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History of metallurgy in China

Recent evidence indicates that the earliest metal objects in China go back to the late fourth millennium BCE.

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History of salt

Salt, also referred to as table salt or by its chemical formula NaCl, is an ionic compound made of sodium and chloride ions.

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History of tea in China

The history of tea in China is long and complex, for the Chinese have enjoyed tea for millennia.

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History of the People's Republic of China

The history of the People's Republic of China details the history of mainland China since October 1, 1949, when, after a near complete victory by the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the Chinese Civil War, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China (PRC) from atop Tiananmen.

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Huizi (currency)

The Huizi, issued in the year 1160, was the official banknote of the Chinese Southern Song dynasty.

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Hundred Days' Reform

The Hundred Days' Reform was a failed 104-day national, cultural, political, and educational reform movement from 11 June to 22 September 1898 in late Qing dynasty China.

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Mace (unit)

A mace (Hong Kong English usage: tsin; Southeast Asian English usage: chee) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia that was also used as a currency denomination.

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Meissen porcelain

Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain.

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Ningbo Commercial Group

Ningbo Commercial Group, or just simply Ningbo Group, is a general term describing the businessmen from Ningbo throughout Imperial China history.

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Open Door Policy

The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century that would allow for a system of trade in China open to all countries equally.

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Outline of ancient China

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient China: Ancient China – China from about 2070 to 221 BC, spanning the Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn period, to the end of the Warring States period.

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Outline of economics

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to economics: Economics – analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

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Physiocracy

Physiocracy (from the Greek for "government of nature") is an economic theory developed by a group of 18th century Enlightenment French economists who believed that the wealth of nations was derived solely from the value of "land agriculture" or "land development" and that agricultural products should be highly priced.

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Qing conquest theory

The Qing conquest theory is a theory proposed by Chinese academics that attempts to explain the Great Divergence, the overtaking of China by the Western world as the major economic and industrial world power.

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Salt Commission

The Salt Industry Commission was an organization created in 758, during the decline of Tang dynasty China, used to raise tax revenue from the state monopoly of the salt trade, or salt gabelle.

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Salt in Chinese history

Salt, salt production, and salt taxes played key roles in Chinese history, economic development, and relations between state and society.

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Shang Yue

Shang Yue (1902 – January 6, 1982), rendered as Sang Wol in Korean, was a Chinese Marxist economic historian, author and professor at the School of History at Renmin University of China.

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Sprouts of capitalism

The sprouts of capitalism, seeds of capitalism or capitalist sprouts are features of the economy of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties (16th to 18th centuries) that mainland Chinese historians have seen as resembling developments in pre-industrial Europe, and as precursors of a hypothetical indigenous development of industrial capitalism.

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Stock Exchange Executive Council

The Stock Exchange Executive Council (SEEC) of the People's Republic of China was established to improve the efficiency of the securities market in mainland China.

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Swedish East India Company

The Swedish East India Company (Svenska Ostindiska Companiet or SOIC) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1731 for the purpose of conducting trade with the Far East.

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Thirteen Factories

The Thirteen Factories also known as the, was a neighbourhood along the Pearl River in southwestern Guangzhou in the Qing Empire from to 1856.

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Tiandihui

The Tiandihui, literally the Society of the Heaven and the Earth, also called Hongmen 洪門 (the Vast Family), is a Chinese fraternal organisation and secretive folk religious sect.

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Yangtze

The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_before_1912

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