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Full referenceClements, Morgan J. (American Trade Commissioner); United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, China: Automotive Conditions and the Good Roads Movement (1922)
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Author(s)Clements, Morgan J. (American Trade Commissioner); United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
TitleChina: Automotive Conditions and the Good Roads Movement
Year1922
Year of publication1922
Place of publicationWashington, D.C.
PublisherU.S. Government Printing Office
CollectionTrade Information Bulletin. Automotive Division
Volume2
Number of Pages21
LanguageEnglish
KeywordsChina; United States; trade; information; bulletin; communication; automobile; transportation; movement; trade commissioner; expert; market; warning;
Abstract

Contents

  • Introduction - 1 
  • Modern Roads in North China - 2
  • Construction of Roads for Famine Relief - 4 
  • Modern Roads of the Yangtze Valley - 7 
  • Modern Roads in South China - 11 
    • Road Building in Foochow, Amoy and Yungchun - 11 
    • Construction Work in Changchow and Southern Fukien - 14 
    • Road in Swatow and Canton - 17 
  • Roads in Macao and Hongkong - 19 
  • Résumé - 21

The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce desires to call attention to the fact that, although China's increasing interest in road building is an encouraging sign, American manufacturers should by no means jump at the conclusion that an immediate market will be created for large numbers of motor cars and trucks. (...) 

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Source: Hoover Institution Archives, Stanley Kuhl Hornbeck papers (1900-1966), Box 100, folder "China: Roads" 

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