Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China

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List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes and Conventions; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A German bank in China: early contact of German bankers with China from the 1870s to the 1880s; 2. Entering the Chinese banking sector: foreign banks on the Chinese frontier; 3. Chinese bonds for European investors: the indemnity loans and the internationalisation of Chinese public finance, 1895-1898; 4. Railway dreams: German bankers and Chinese railway development, 1895-1910; 5. Global markets, international finance and the 1911 revolution in China; 6. Disentanglement and liquidation: German bankers and the first world war in China; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.