British & Chinese Corp Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp
- Jardine Matheson & Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- China
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Investment companies
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Transport services
Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
Notes:
Established in London in 1898. Promoted especially by Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp and Jardine Matheson & Co to compete more effectively with other international financial groups, notably German, in obtaining concessions and financing and investment opportunities in China, especially in railway construction and operation. As such the British government became closely associated with it as a vehicle of British economic imperialism. In decline between the wars but still in existence after 1945
Publications:
- Chinese Railways and British Interests, 1898-1911 by Sun, E tu Zen
- Chinese railways and the Townley Agreement of 1903 by McLean, David
- History of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Volume II. The Hongkong Bank in the period of imperialism and war, 1895-1918. Wayfoong, the focus of wealth by King, Frank H H
- Origins of British financial co-operation with France in China, 1903-6 by Edwards, E W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp
- Jardine Matheson & Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- China
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Investment companies
- Transport services Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
Notes:
Established in London in 1898. Promoted especially by Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp and Jardine Matheson & Co to compete more effectively with other international financial groups, notably German, in obtaining concessions and financing and investment opportunities in China, especially in railway construction and operation. As such the British government became closely associated with it as a vehicle of British economic imperialism. In decline between the wars but still in existence after 1945Publications:
- Chinese Railways and British Interests, 1898-1911 by Sun, E tu Zen
- Chinese railways and the Townley Agreement of 1903 by McLean, David
- History of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Volume II. The Hongkong Bank in the period of imperialism and war, 1895-1918. Wayfoong, the focus of wealth by King, Frank H H
- Origins of British financial co-operation with France in China, 1903-6 by Edwards, E W