Complete Historic Documentary on Shanxi Provinces monopoly on Transport and Trading in the Chinese Empire. The Merchant Families, Trading History, the earliest Banks and Loans in Chinese History. DVD 1: Chapters - The Wealthiest and - Beyond the West Pass, explores the broader history of the Shanxi Merchants with their Song & Liao Dynasty Roots, their emergence during the Ming Dynasty and their Years as Monopolists on the Tea Road and finally National Bankers, a Nationwide economic power during the Ching Dynasty. DVD 2: Chapters - Rishengchang and - Between Weal & Woe, explores the Emergence of the First Chinese Banks and Financiers during the Qing Dynasty, highlighting the economic adventure and inventiveness of Lei Lutai and the Shanxi Draft Banks. In the second half attention is turned to the later years of the Shanxi Merchants through hardships and war, into new opportunities with the Court, leading to the HeyDay of Shanxi Draft banks. DVD 3: Chapters - Advise from the Same Boat and - Stately Courtyards deals firstly with the Last Period of the Shanxi Bankers in which competition from foreign banks and introduction of modern culture demanded reforms. Through the books of Li Hongling of Manager of WeiFangHou Bank Branch in Beijing a light is shone on the plans for a Qing Imperial Bank financed by the Shanxi Bankers, the survival strategy of the Joint Shanxi Exchange Bank to be the first modern bank in China and the failures to Proceed to a modern bank system in Feudal and early Republican China. The Shanxi Bankers went bankrupt with the Fall of the Ching Empire. In the second half of the DVD we tour the splendid architecture of many Shanxi Traders Mansions, now Museums of National Cultural History and a relic of an economic heyday of the Qing Dynasty Era. DVD 4: Chapters - A Pleasant After-Sound and Time Honored Stores conclude the Series by delving into the colorful History of Shanxi Opera or BangZhi, which is closely connected to the Shanxi Merchants. This magnificent Documentary ends with a Grand Tour of all the Famous Stores and Brands founded by Shanxi Businessmen. 4 DVD's with 360 Minutes of Footage and Information.

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ISBN:	7-88071-212-7