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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory On March 6, 1908, the Qing and Britain signed a railway supply contract, causing local dissatisfaction.
Today, 117 years ago, on March 6, 1908 (February 4, 1908 in the lunar calendar), the Qing court and Britain concluded a contribution contract for the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway, which caused local dissatisfaction. On March 6, 1908, despite the opposition of the whole country, the Qing court ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Posts and Communications to sign a loan contract for the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway with the Sino-British Company, with an amount of 1.5 million pounds and an actual receipt of 1.395 million pounds, which was specially used for the construction of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Yonglu Road to purchase vehicles, etc. The interest is 5cm, which is delivered once a year, and the principal will be repaid year by year after 10 years. Limited to 30 years. On the 11th, the Qing court ordered Sheng Xuanhuai, the minister of business contract, to go to Shanghai to handle the business contract, and changed it to Shen Yunpei's right attendant department of the post department in summer. After the news came out, the Jiangsu Railway Association called the Qing Military Aircraft Department, the Senior Government Yuan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate respectively, pointing out that Sheng Xuanhuai and Wang Daxie betrayed the country and hometown in Jiangsu-Zhejiang roads, and their crimes were particularly worse than those of Hu Pinzhi and Jia Jingren of Shanxi Mining, and demanded that Sheng Xuanhuai and Wang Daxie be punished separately. News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/17zi.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.28-07:39] 访问:77
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