Wang, Shuhuai, “Sheli huxi dianli gongsi de tanpan, 1932-1935” [Negotiations for the establishment of the Western District Power Company of Shanghai, 1932-35] (1993)

Title : “Sheli huxi dianli gongsi de tanpan, 1932-1935” [Negotiations for the establishment of the Western District Power Company of Shanghai, 1932-35]

Author(s) : Wang, Shuhuai

Year : 1993

Type : Journal article

Subject : History

Keywords : political;foreigners;economy

Journal : Zhongyang yanjiuyuan xiandaishi yanjiusuo jikan (Bulletin of the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica)

Volume : 22

Number : Part 1

Start page : 1

End page : 38

Language:Name : Chinese

Support : Print

Abstract : In 1932, the City Government of Greater Shanghai (established 1927), anxious to counter the International Settlement's expansion of roadbuilding and electrical utilities into areas under Chinese jurisdiction, initiated negotiations with the foreign-owned Shanghai Power Company. Two years of negotiations resulted in defeat for the city and gains for the company that included legalization of foreigners' establishment of the Shanghai Western District Power Company. The city's lack of capital and other resources and its failure to push its policy objectives were prime reasons for this loss.