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Awakening of China and its plans for war indemnity
A Washington dispatch describes China’s rapid modernization after the Boxer era, noting a war indemnity tax, expanding dockyard plans in Hongkong, and rising Chinese industry. It cites Fairchild on Chinese ingenuity, shipbuilding growth in Canton, and a vast dockyard to be built in Hongkong, with locals bearing most costs.
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Hongkong
China
Washington
New York Tribune
Japan
Secretary of Agriculture
David G. Fairchild
United States
Taku
Paku
Fairchild
Canton
Hongkong and Wampoo Dock Company
Wiel
Tientsin