The article explores the history of industrialization in China with a focus on German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen and his travels and geological research on coal and mineral surveying. The author reflects on the relationship between economic development and imperialism. Other topics include cartography, control of Chinese coal, and business development in the late Qing dynasty era.
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