| Titre | Editorial | |
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| Auteur | Gilles Guiheux | |
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Revue | China perspectives |
| Numéro | no 2015/3 The Garment Industry between Local Configurations and Global Flows | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Special Feature |
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| Page | 3-4 | |
| Résumé anglais |
China has a long history as a textile producer. In the late eighteenth century, in many areas of textile weaving and dyeing, Western Europeans were still working on imitating Chinese processes, and textile production was important in many urban and rural areas, especially in the Yangzi Delta, where it was strongly encouraged by the Qing dynasty. During the nineteenth century, the disintegration of the imperial regime prevented the development of an indigenous industrial revolution and spurred the ambitions of the industrialised countries to penetrate the Chinese market with cheap textile goods. It is only after the reform policies launched in 1978 that China was able to industrialise and regain a major role in the global textile industry… Source : Éditeur (via OpenEdition Journals) |
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| Article en ligne | http://chinaperspectives.revues.org/6767 |
