How Did China Project Military Resources Across the Taiwan Strait? Institutions, Agents and Knowledge During the Sino-French War of 1884–1885
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12309237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nan-Hsu Chen (0000-0002-5957-0820, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-23 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | War in History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-3445 • E-ISSN: 1477-0385 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09683445241280246 |
| OpenAlex | W4405725485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In the nineteenth century, Qing China faced daunting military challenges in maintaining control over its frontiers. How did China project military resources over long distances to defend its frontiers? Focusing on the Sino-French War, which featured a seven-month French naval blockade of Taiwan that seriously tested Chinese logistics capacity, this article argues that the key to Chinese success lay in the collaboration among diverse Chinese and foreign actors and the effective utilization of their local knowledge. These findings shed light on the capability of the supposedly declining Qing Empire and offer non-European historical experiences for the study of logistics history
Ancient history · China · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Empire · Military technology · Political science · Chinese history and philosophy · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |