Trade, Tension, and Transformation: A Century of Change in Xiamen Bund

Posted by Ruoqi Yu on 2025-02-04

Today, many former treaty ports have repurposed their historical waterfronts to project a modern, globally connected image. But how did foreign intervention and commercial expansion shape the modernization of the Bund in these port cities? In the Chinese context, major cities like Hong Kong and Shanghai often take centre stage. In contrast, Xiamen—a key maritime hub in southeast China and one of [...]

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