China's Quest for Self-Reliance in Oil : The Story of Fushum, Yumen, and Daqing

by Lim, Tai-wei; Reppy, Judith

• ISBN13: 9780773449411
• ISBN10: 0773449418
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-10
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Summary

This project looks at how Fushun and Yumen's equipment, infrastructure and trained manpower were contributive to the People's Republic of China's (PRC) efforts in discovering and exploiting Daqing. To show the forms of continuity in the quest for self-reliance, particular attention is given to the three decades between 1931, with the annexation of Manchuria and the buildup of Fushun's oil shale facilities that would be useful for the postwar oil industry in China. Also analyzes important events in 1963, when Daqing achieved the ultimate goal of the Chinese oil industry: self-reliance. This periodization is crucial in studying the Chinese oil industry's transition through different regimes from Japanese-occupied Fushun/wartime Nationalist Yumen to the founding of the PRC oil industry, and the establishment of Daqing and oil self-reliance.

Author Biography

Dr. Tai-Wei Lim is a Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS). He has a law degree (LLB Hons)from University of London, First class honors degree in Japanese Studies (with a Merit in Political Science) fromNUS, obtained his first MA in NUS and obtained his second MA and Ph.D. degree at the Cornell University of New York. He has worked as titor, teaching assistant and Asst Professor in Singapore, New York and New Jersey.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Foreword
Introductory Note
Introductory Remark
Introduction	p. 1
Japan's Fushun - First to Challenge Oil Impoverishment	p. 21
NRC's Yumen - Chinese Challenge to Oil Impoverishment	p. 47
The Postwar Fushun - Yurnen Debate and Fushun's Legacies	p. 77
Yumen's Legacy and the Founding of Daqing	p. 93
Response to the Russian Pullout and the Founding of Daqing	p. 119
Conclusion	p. 151
References	p. 177
Index	p. 185
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