HISTORY OF QUANZHOU PORT
Port of Quanzhou is a sea port with a complete facilities in Quanzhou city which is in the south eastern part of Fujian province, China. Quanzhou Port is more than 1,300 years and the world's largest port in the history. It is the only starting point of the maritime Silk Road recognized in the world. Due to the 541 km length of the coastline Quanzhou Port became one of the three major ports in Fujian Province. Historically, Quanzhou Port jurisdiction over the 4 Bays, 5 Ports, and 16 operating areas, this made it became the most famous port in the world. "The Travels of Marco Polo" believe that the Quanzhou port can be paired or even more ambitious than the Port of Arizona. Quanzhou Port was the place which Marco
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In order to show appreciates and maintain the foreign investments, Tang Wenzong allow the foreign investors to do businesses without paying extra taxes. Due to the extremely concern was given by the Min State, the foreign trades of Quanzhou Port had further developed during the Five Dynasties. The last Five Dynasties, Quanzhou expanded the scope of the city by adding the infrastructure such as adding the road and build the warehouse to meet the needs of overseas transport trade …show more content…
The shipping department is to encourage the overseas transportation trade. For example, the praying activities will held by the specialized shipping department and local officials to wish the safe of shipping.
During Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou Port had the trade relationships between nearly a hundred countries and regions, mainly the Western countries has been further developed. At the time, Quanzhou Port was an important international trade port and also the main distribution centre of the China and foreign trades. Due to the decade-long war of the “Ispah Rebellion”, Quanzhou port was fall in the late Yuan Dynasty. The war not only hits the socio-economic of Quanzhou and Xinghua but also led to the decadence of the world's largest port.
During Ming Dynasty, Quanzhou socio-economic has redeveloped. The foreign trades were extremely limited, due to the implementation of the sea ban and restricted by the Ming
When comparing the Chinese and Western historical development, the similar key events would have very different outcomes due to their different backgrounds. During the fifteenth century, Zheng He was commissioned to lead the “treasure ships” for seven voyages down the Western Seas. And, Prince Henry sent expeditions to explore the western coast of Africa. China and Portugal, the both ends of the Eurasian continent, almost simultaneously began marine navigations. They have shared some similar features, but there are actually major differences between the two. This paper will compare and contrast these two remarkable explorers. The focus will be on the ideas and circumstances that influenced their actions, and their importance in shaping history.
Before the emergence of silver, Chinese society isolated themselves from the global economy. Due to Confucian teachings and heavy voyage expenditures, Chinese officials restricted foreign interaction and trade. Also, being
During the early Ming Dynasty, China was one of the most economically and technologically advanced countries in the world. As Ebrey pointed out, “Europe was not yet a force in Asia and China continued to look on the outer world in traditional terms.” China was regarded as the center of Asia at the beginning of 15th century and the idea of “Middle Kingdom” (Zhong guo) began to take off at that time. The early Ming Emperors were not interested in promoting commercial trade at all. Emperor Hongwu, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, implemented the Hai jin policy which forbade maritime shipping and private foreign trade outside of the tributary system (Ebrey, p. 209). Emperor Yongle, the son of Emperor Hongwu, lifted this policy to a certain extent when he ordered his eunuch Zheng He’s voyages. However, he was only intereste...
This essay will discuss the issue of migration. Migration is movement by humans from one place to another. There are two types of migration, it is immigration and emigration. Immigration is movement by people into the country and emigration is movement by humans, who want two leave countries voluntary or involuntary. Economic, religious, education social and problems are reasons of migration. Mankind often migrates to modern, rich, multicultural countries, towns with high economy and good standard of living such as Prague, Germany, London, Los-Angeles, New York and shanghai. I would like to draw on the city Shanghai.
The Chinese empire had once been one of the greatest and most powerful empires in the world. Before the 19th century, China had a large population and was ruled by families or dynasties. It was considered technologically advanced as China had a history of many miraculous inventions, such as: writing, magnetic compasses, movable sails, porcelain, abacus and paper money. Although China was isolated from the rest of the world, it coped well on its own, and saw no need to begin trading with the west, (as Lord McCartney proposed in 1793), since it was a self-sufficient nation. At that particular time, the Chinese empire was still able to exclude the ‘barbarians’, thus forcing them to only trade at one port. However, China soon took a turn for the worst as important ...
Secondly, the existence of merchant may maintain the stability in border areas (South-East). And the oversea trade is also an extremely part of the tribute system that can display China’s powerfulness. Lastly，the author calls for lax of business environment and tax policy with the expectation of trade
The Chinese navy in the early 1400’s was very powerful but unfortunately it grew weaker and weaker over time. The cause of this was that China ran into political problems which prevented future voyages.
Japan had to open ports to foreign commerce when they lost the fight against Europe and America in Tokyo Bay (Bentley 508). After losing, Japan began industrializing and soon enhanced their military by investing in tools from western empires, who had very strong and powerful militaries. Once Japan had built a strong military they began to fight for Korea. They fought China and “demolished the Chinese fleet in a battle lasting a mere five hours,” and they later gained Korea and treaty rights in China (Bentley 550). China’s military was very weak. After losing Hong Kong and many trading ports to western empires following the Opium War, China was in trouble. Chinese people began rebelling against the Qing Dynasty. After the most popular rebellion, The Taiping Rebellion, China began the Self-Strengthening Movement. “While holding to Confucian values, movement leaders built shipyards, constructed railroads, established weapons industries, opened steel foundries with blast furnaces, and founded academies to develop scientific expertise” (Bentley 543). After doing all of these things, China still did not have a strong enough military. They continued to deal with problems from the western
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The geography of China was something like a fence. This isolation made the people of China feel like their country was prestigious and secluded from the rest of the world. With deserts and the Himalayas running along most of the border, it was extremely difficult to cross over one of the most dangerous mountain ranges in the world and a few other scorching deserts with the little transport they had during that time. The only way merchants could come into the country was the southeastern coast of China where most of the prosper cities resided. What led China to become conceited was because they had an abundant of goods that most of the world wanted. In 1760-1830s, China was famous for its porcelain (rich Europeans loved it), silk, and of course, tea. Since this Eastern Powerhouse’s goods were so popular, therefore, there were only a few things that interested them to trade with. It seemed as if tea was a drug for the Europeans because for them it was just so addicting, to the point they would do anything just to get more and more. The only things that were worthy for trading with the Chinese were gingko (type of plant), shark fin, a soft type of wood (used for incense) and silver. As the demand for tea rose, Britain gradually ran out of silver to trade with, and was desperate to find what China wanted. Then, the British resorted to trading opium. China was very picky of their opium. There was a certain kind of make they wanted, it was a compact ball wr...
Through the Silk Road, Chinese goods such as silk and porcelain were transported to places such as Persia in exchange for foreign exotic goods . Furthermore, the Silk Road supported the influx of culture and religion to further enforce Taizong’s embracing attitude of a cosmopolitan society. The Silk Road was also a major factor in introducing Buddhism to China, as during the seventh century, Xuan Zhuang used it to travel to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures . The capital of the Tang, and the beginning of the Silk Road, Chang’an, was the most populous and diverse city in both religion and culture in the world at the time , hosting Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, and high ranking officials and citizens from many countries in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East . Under Taizong’s guidance, China created close foreign relations with many foreign nations, and the Silk Road became a major component of trade and revenue for China’s economy. Correspondingly, his capital city of Chang’an became the greatest city in the
Airplanes have played a crucial role in the Battle of Shanghai, from killing hundreds of thousands of people. The destruction caused by the dropping of bombs on cities and major cites. After the defeat of China by Great Britain in the second Opium War (1838-1942), as part of the concession under the Treaty of Nanjing, British troops occupied parts of Shanghai. Great Britain declared Shanghai’s ports open to foreign trade .As commerce grew what, was once a small walled town surrounded by poor villages was transformed over the decades into a recognized city (city status 1827). Located along the Yangtze China’s longest river, Shanghai is connected to some of the most vital areas of China with direct access to the ocean and global shipping routes. At the beginning of the 1930s Shanghai had a population of about 3.5 million residents of which about 70,000 were permanent residents from as many as 48 different countries. It was the second largest city in Asia and the fifth largest in the world. The Battle for Shanghai was not the first confrontation between China and Japan in the city, but was the most intense and the most costly in terms of life and property.
The early nineteenth century was the beginning of the Qing Dynasty’s downfall. During this century multiple issues, including economic pressures, corruption, domestic rebellions and foreign wars, challenged ...
China's development is praised by the whole world. Its developments are not only in the economic aspect, but as well in its foreign affairs. Compared with other developed countries, China is a relatively young country. It began constructing itself in 1949. After 30 years of growth, company ownership had experienced unprecedented changes. Entirely, non-state-owned companies can now be more involved in sectors that used to be monopolized by state-owned companies.
The purpose of this paper is to tell the history of the Ming Dynasty’s impact on the Chinese Empire, and to explain why the Chinese Empire was in fact an empire.