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
All types of vessels should be standardized both in design and
equipment. The old and wasteful types of inland water crafts and
fishing boats should be replaced by modern efficient designs. The
inland water crafts should be designed on the basis of certain standard
draughts such as the 2-foot, 5-foot, and 10-foot classes. The fishing
trawlers should be standardized into the one-day, the five-day, and the
ten-day service class. The coastal transports should be standardized
into the 2,000-, the 4,000-, and the 6,000-ton class, and for oversea
transports we should have standardized ships of 12,000-, 24,000-, and
36,000-ton classes. Thus, the many thousands of inland water crafts and
fishing junks that now ply the rivers, lakes, and coasts of China may
be displaced by new and cheaper crafts of a few standard types which
could perform better services at less expense.
PROGRAM IV.
In my first and third programs, I have described my plans for the
Northwestern Railway System and the Southwestern Railway System. The
former is for the purpose of relieving the congestion of population
in the coast districts and the Yangtze Valley by opening up for
colonization the vast unpopulated territory in Mongolia and Sinkiang,
as well as of developing the Great Northern Port. The latter is for the
purpose of exploiting the mineral resources of Southwestern China, as
well as of developing the Great Southern Port--Canton. More railroads
will be needed for the adequate development of the whole country. So in
this fourth program, I shall deal entirely with railroads which will
complete the 100,000 miles proposed in my introductory part of this
International Development Scheme. The program will be as follows:
I. The Central Railway System.
II. The Southeastern Railway System.
III. The Northeastern Railway System.
IV. The Extension of the Northwestern Railway System.
V. The Highland Railway System.
VI. The Establishment of Locomotive and Car Factories.
PART I
The Central Railway System
This will be the most important railway system in China. The area which
it serves comprises all of China Proper north of the Yangtze and a part
of Mongolia and Sinkiang. The economic nature of this vast region is
that the southeastern part is densely populated while the northwestern
part is thinly populated, and that the southeastern part possesses
great mineral wealth while the northwestern part possesses great
potential agricultural resources. So every line of this system will
surely pay as the Peking-Mukden line has proved.
With the Great Eastern Port and the Great Northern Port as termini of
this system of railroads, I propose that, besides the existing and
projected lines in this region, the following be constructed, all of
which shall constitute the Central Railway System.
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