GEOG215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hukou System, Mao Zedong, Xianyang
19 Oct 2017
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Urban centres in china appeared first time on the north china plain during the shang dynasty (1766-1122 bce), lasted for more than 2,000 years; In late 11thcentury, 3,220 cities and towns, more than 1 million population in several cities, 6- Traditional chinese cities were political and administrative centres with limited commercial functions; During the song dynasty (960-1279), commerce grew in the port cities due to maritime trade expansion. Urban systems: national capital -> regional centers/provincial capitals -> counties/towns. In mid 19th century when china was coastal port cities and inland cities; defeated by britain in the opium wars, many. Chinese coastal and reviver cities were forced to open up to foreign trade (hong kong, macau were ceded); Japan occupied northeast china to extract mineral resources, which added industrial cities into the urban system in china. The opium wars during 19th century and later two civil wars (1927-1937; 1946-1949) and the.
