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Examines the cotton textile handicraft industry and the domestic manufacture of yarn and cloth in China from 1871-1910. Effects of expanding foreign trade and domestic industrialization on the agricultural sector; Impact on the importation of foreign manufactures; Principal producing areas in the nineteenth century.

Examines the economic changes that occurred on the iron and steel industry in China and its effect on economic development. History of the Chinese economy; Monetary policy of the country; Production output of manufacturing industries; Export and import trade of the industry.