Commercial press geography of China . Pine Grovb, Tat Shah The Hwang Ho now reaches the sea in the northern part ofShantung. Sixty years ago, it flowed south of this provinceand emptied into the sea in Kiangpeh, hundreds of miles floods of the Hwang Ho have caused terrible loss to NorthChina, and would cause more were it not ff»r the money andwork spent every year to protect the valley. But modernengineering can make the Hwang Ho a source of wealth insteadof a source of danger. Shantung produces silk, wheat, millet, and fruits. TheShan- soil of tung is not sorich as in mostparts of C
Commercial press geography of China . Pine Grovb, Tat Shah The Hwang Ho now reaches the sea in the northern part ofShantung. Sixty years ago, it flowed south of this provinceand emptied into the sea in Kiangpeh, hundreds of miles floods of the Hwang Ho have caused terrible loss to NorthChina, and would cause more were it not ff»r the money andwork spent every year to protect the valley. But modernengineering can make the Hwang Ho a source of wealth insteadof a source of danger. Shantung produces silk, wheat, millet, and fruits. TheShan- soil of tung is not sorich as in mostparts of China,and new meth-ods are need-ed to makeagriculturemore pros-perous. Theforests havebeen destroyed Tsinan; Yellow KrsfER IN THB DISTANCE but it is hoped that scientific Government work can restore themin 44 GEOGRAPHY OF CHINA Shantung coal is mined near Weihsien (^ Jjg) and atPoshan (^ ill SP^). The Shantung railway carries the coal tothe sea, whence steamers take it to its markets. The Tai Shan (|^ lU; is the most famous mountain ofShantung. Tsinan, the capital, is a great city near the meeting ofthe Grand Oanal and the Hwang Ho. A German railway runsfrom Tsinan to the Yellow Sea at Kiaochow {W)i\)- Therailway from Tientsin to the Yangtse also passes Tsinan. Ithas been proposed to extend the Shantung railway west toTaokow (Ji; P ) in Honan to join the Honan Mining is a centre of commerce for western Shantung. Chef00, or Yentai C^-^),is a treaty port which formerlyhad much commerce, but Kiao-chow is now taking away itstrade. Chefoo needs a railwayto connect it with the principal exports are wildsilk, beans, and strawbraid. Kiaochow Bay (^ >H ^)was seized by the Germans in1897. They have built a foreigncity, Tsingtao (#E), withwide streets and fine house
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