Manchurian Railways and the Opening of China: An International History

Series Page......Page 3
Title\n......Page 4
Copyright\n......Page 5
Dedication\n......Page 6
Contents\n......Page 8
About the Editors and Contributors\n......Page 10
Acknowledgments\n......Page 12
Preface\n......Page 14
Notes\n......Page 17
Maps\n......Page 18
Introduction\n......Page 24
Notes\n......Page 29
PART I. Competing Railway Imperialisms\n......Page 32
Why Russia Built the Chinese Eastern Railway\n......Page 34
The First Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Eastern Railway\n......Page 36
The Creation of the Sino-Russian Alliance\n......Page 38
The Construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway\n......Page 40
The Impact of the Boxer Uprising, 1900\n......Page 42
Dividing the Chinese Eastern Railway after the Russo-Japanese War, 1904–5\n......Page 45
The Economic and Strategic Rationale for the Chinese Eastern Railway\n......Page 47
Conclusions\n......Page 49
Notes\n......Page 50
The South Manchuria Railway Company: An Overview\n......Page 58
Railway Imperialism and the South Manchuria Railway\n......Page 62
Profits and Policy in the Management of the South Manchuria Railway\n......Page 65
The Decline of Railway Imperialism\n......Page 69
The South Manchuria Railway in Manchukuo\n......Page 71
Notes\n......Page 73
The Geostrategic Importance of the Chinese Eastern Railway\n......Page 80
Opening Sino-Soviet Diplomatic Negotiations\n......Page 82
Origins of the First United Front\n......Page 85
Karakhan Takes Charge of the Sino-Soviet Negotiations\n......Page 88
Signing the Secret Protocol and the CER\n......Page 91
The USSR’s Retakes Control of the CER\n......Page 93
The USSR’s Secret Diplomacy and the 1925 Convention with Japan\n......Page 95
Notes\n......Page 97
The Origins of the Sino-Soviet Railway War\n......Page 102
The 1929 Sino-Soviet War\n......Page 104
The Political Impact of the War\n......Page 108
The Economic Impact of the War\n......Page 111
The Economic Plight of the Chinese Eastern Railway\n......Page 114
The Social Impact of the War\n......Page 116
Conclusions\n......Page 117
Notes\n......Page 118
PART II. Competing Railway Nationalisms\n......Page 124
Railway Building in China\n......Page 126
Construction of Modern Railways\n......Page 128
Chinese Railway Management\n......Page 129
Railway Administration\n......Page 130
Manchurian Railway Construction\n......Page 133
Chinese Railway Pay Structure\n......Page 136
Chinese Railway Management\n......Page 137
Conclusions\n......Page 139
Notes\n......Page 140
Historical Context: Railroad Development in Shandong\n......Page 144
Building the Jin Pu Railroad: Construction, Engineers, and Equipment\n......Page 148
Management Organization and Work Hierarchies\n......Page 152
Unionism and Labor on the JinPu Railroad\n......Page 155
Freight and Passenger Transportation on the JinPu Railroad\n......Page 157
The JinPu and Qingdao-Jinan Railroads During War and Occupation\n......Page 159
Conclusions\n......Page 162
Notes\n......Page 163
Shaping the Battlefield\n......Page 170
Fighting over “Points and Lines”\n......Page 173
The Communist Redeployment and the Nationalist Victory at Siping\n......Page 175
Railways and the Communist Rear Area\n......Page 178
From Defensive to Offensive, From Railway Sabotage to Railway Repair\n......Page 179
Close the Door and Beat the Dog: The Liao-Shen Campaign\n......Page 182
Conclusions\n......Page 185
Notes\n......Page 186
Early Sino-Soviet Negotiations Concerning the Chinese Changchun Railway\n......Page 192
Opening Negotiations for the 1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty\n......Page 196
The Status of the Manchurian Railways in the 1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty\n......Page 199
Stalin’s Decision to Abandon Soviet Privileges in China\n......Page 201
Finalizing the Sino-Soviet Treaty\n......Page 204
Return of the Railway to China and Its Impact on the Sino-Soviet Relations\n......Page 207
Conclusions\n......Page 209
Notes\n......Page 210
Epilogue. Rivers of Steel: Manchuria’s Railways as a Natural Extension of the Sea Lines of Communication\n......Page 216
Notes\n......Page 226
Bibliography\n......Page 230
Index\n......Page 244