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International Rivalry in China’s Urban Electrification: Suzhou, Shenyang, and Harbin, 1910s to 1930s

Journal of Urban History

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Abstract

Journal of Urban History, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 780-798, July 2026.
This essay examines China’s urban electrification from the 1910s to the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 as a historical case study of how urban electricity became an arena of international rivalry between China and Japan. Using case studies of Suzhou, Shenyang, ...