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Oct 23, 2023
The heritages of forced opening: The treaty‐port history and institutions in modern China
Abstract
AbstractTreaty ports attracted most of colonial China's foreign enterprise and introduced western institutions that would shape property rights and the judicial system. Political change and economic reconstruction after 1949 depressed this tradition, but its effects lingered and became more active after reform and opening. Using cross‐sectional data for cities combining the treaty‐port history and the investment climate, we document the impact of this heritage on the institutional quality and economic development of modern China.
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Yuan Liu, Lei Zhang (2023). The heritages of forced opening: The treaty‐port history and institutions in modern China. Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12277