The International Development of China — John Shaqi
The International Development of ChinaSun, Yat-sen
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The International Development of China
Sun, Yat-sen
China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949; Railroads -- China
My project for the construction of a world harbor in Shanghai is to
leave the existing arrangement intact from the mouth of the Whangpoo
to the junction of Kao Chiao Creek above Gough Island. Thus all the
work hitherto done by the Whangpoo Conservancy Board for the last
twelve years will be saved. The plan is to cut a new canal from the
junction of Kao Chiao Creek right into Pootung to prolong that part
of the channel which has been completed by the Conservancy Work, and
to enlarge the curve along the right side of the Whangpoo River and
join it again, at the second turn above Lunghwa Railway Junction, so
as to make the river from that point to a point opposite Yangtzepoo
Point almost in a straight line and thence a gentle curve to Woosung.
This new canal would encircle nearly thirty square miles of land which
would form the civic center and the New Bund of our future Shanghai.
Of course the present crooked Whangpoo right in front of Shanghai
would have to be filled up to form boulevards and business lots. It
goes without saying that the reclaimed lots from the Whangpoo would
become State property and the land between this and the new river and
beyond should be taken up by the State and put at the disposal of
the International Development Organization. Thus it may be possible
for Shanghai to compete with our Projected Port economically in
its construction and therefore to attract foreign capital, to the
improvement of Shanghai as a future world port. See Map IV.
Below Yangtzepoo Point I propose to build a wet dock. This dock should
be laid between the left bank of the present Whangpoo, from Yangtzepoo
Point to the turn above Gough Island and the left bank of the new
river. The space of the dock should be about six square miles. A lock
entrance is to be constructed at the point above Gough Island. The wet
dock should be forty feet deep and the new river can also be made the
same depth by flushing with the water, not as proposed by experts, from
a lock canal between the Yangtze and the Taihu, at Kiangyin, but from
our improved waterway between this part of the country and Wuhu so
that a much stronger current could be obtained.
As we see that the present Whangpoo has to be reclaimed from the second
turn above Lunghwa Railway Junction to Yangtzepoo Point for city
planning, then the question of how to dispose of the Soochow Creek must
be answered. I propose that this stream should be led alongside the
right bank of the future defunct river and straight on to the upper end
of the wet dock, thence joining the new canal. At the point of contact
of the Creek and the wet dock a lock entrance may be provided in order
to facilitate water traffic from Soochow as well as the inland water
system directly with the wet dock.
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