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  • The Insolvency of the Tung-shêng-hê 東盛和, One of the Greatest Stores in Newchwang
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In November 6, 1907, the Tung-shêng-hê store, based in Newchwang, an important trade port in the Northeast of China, managed by Yeh Liang-ch’ing 薬売卿 went bankrupt. This store was engaged in several kinds of business: wholesaling, finance, oil-milling, marine-transportation, tobacco processing, real estate, etc. The Tung-shêng-hê was one of the leading stores in Newchwang with trade bases in Tientsin, Shanghai, and Canton. This case of insolvency had far reaching effects and caused economic panic in both the local Newchwang economic bloc and other areas as well. The insolvency of the Tung-shêng-hê store was, above all things, the most shocking incident that economic panic in Newchwang was to trigger off a train of local economic panics from 1907 to 1911 all over China.Despite the great importance of this bankruptcy case, it has been given very little attention by scholars. This paper attempts to examine this incident by dealing with the following problems: The management-conditions of the Tung-shêng-hê store, the details of its insolvency, and the relationship between the insolvency and local economic panic.As background to the incident attention is drawn to the currency system called Kuo-li-yin 過炉銀 (a transfer money). Kuo-lu-yin was credit money circulating around Newchwang that was convenient, but also extremely dangerous. By misusing the Kuo-lu-yin the Tung-shêng-hê was able to prolong its bankruptcy (otherwise it would have collapsed much earlier). As a result of this delayed bankruptcy the Tung-shêng-hê suffered great losses. The insolvency of Tung-shêng-hê did not directly lead to local economic panic in the Newchwang economic bloc. In examining this local economic panic Kuo-lu-yin must be taken into account. The bankruptcy of the Tung-shêng-hê was brought about through the Kuo-lu-yin currency system and local economic panic only arose after the currency problem amplified.

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  • 東洋学報

    東洋学報 63 (1・2), 167-200, 1981-12

    東洋文庫

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