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Foreign Debts And Politics Situation In The Late Qing

Posted on:2005-07-05Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:J H MaFull Text:PDF
GTID:1115360185963227Subject:China's modern history
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Politics situation means politics structure composed of all sorts of politics forces, especially means power structure inside the govern group and evolvement trend. Foreign debts, as a tool administer adjusts finance, originally is an assistant measure in economy, however, in late Qing Dynasty, foreign debts intervene the swing of the pendulum in the power between Central and Local Government and during the every politics groups, so that they deeply influenced the power structure and its alteration. Therefore, to put the foreign debts in the theoretical framework of political control , the essay analyzes the influence on power conflict and reform in late Qing China, and furthermore, delves into the reason why politics situation lost control in late Qing Dynasty.The essay suggests that local force increased rapidly turning point on since the Tai-Ping Rebellion in late Qing Dynasty, from standing up to Central as an equal to overage differentiation power, ultimately led to running away with the monitor of central government and gradually breakdown of managed system centralization of state power in finance. During this period, as the result of finance in late Qing dynasty, foreign debts became the tool of finance conflict between central and local government. On the one hand, as finance income, borrowing foreign debts promoted the increasing of local power, on the other hand, as the finance payout, apportion of foreign debts became the focus of contest between Central and local government. Because of intervention of foreign debts, contradiction and conflict between central and local government were more and more complicated and peculiar. During the period of Xianfeng Emperor, in order to suppress Tai-ping army depending on local viceroy, Qing government gave orders to raise money on the spot, on the basis of being endowed with military leadership, local viceroy were endued with finance leadership, they started to borrowing lots of foreign debts, possessing of administer leadership in finance, the Qing government took pretermission attitude on local viceroy's borrow money, local viceroy became to intercept and capture tax, default entertain the most evident manifest was the loan of conquering west in 1870s. Provinces which accepted assist compelled repay foreign debts in time, the power of central government became impracticable and the local government boosted up financial autocephaly. The contradiction between central and local government developed a new moment. Central government became take measures to manage foreign debts, set up the subject of foreign debts in financial system, Although central government changed the way of this system by setting up special outlay, side remedy was of no use for this rigescent and effete financial system. After the Sino-Japanese War, late Qing government was forced to borrow foreign debts in person for substantive indemnities, not only the Prime Yamun and ministry of finance represented Central government to borrow, each branch borrowed individual, the activity of local government's borrowing was restricted temporarily. the instauration of the fundraising committee and the come into existence of three loans indicated that Qing government had made for a living by borrowing money. because the measures of inaugurate funds and saving moneys were of on use, Central government took measures to return foreign debts by distributing their apportions to each province for Fundraising trouble. Though it alleviated pressure on its own shoulder, there...
Keywords/Search Tags:Politics situation, in late Qing dynasty, Foreign debts
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