Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia, written by Victor Seow.

In staying on that path, the Communist state drew upon a never publicly acknowledged legacy of Japanese engineering expertise, especially with regard to the Fushun colliery and the carbon technocratic system as a whole. By situating a detailed historical narrative of the Fushun colliery in the big picture of modern Chinese and Japanese history, Seow effectively shows the significance of coal extraction in a transnational context. [Extracted from the article]