Printing for profit: The commercial publishers of Jianyang, Fujian (eleventh- EconLit JB

2002
Chia, Lucille Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, vol. 56.

Studies commercial publishers in Jianyang in northern Fujian, China, from the mid-eleventh through the

late seventeenth centuries, focusing on three families--Liu, Yu, and Xiong--who wrote, edited, printed,

and sold books over the period. Discusses the physical appearance of Jianyang woodblock imprints;

the rapid rise and development of the Jianyang book trade during the Song and Yuan dynasties; the

physical appearance of the imprints and a survey of printed works during the Song and Yuan

dynasties; the Jianyang book trade during the Ming dynasty; and the physical appearance of the

imprints and a selective survey of imprints during the Ming dynasty. Chia is Associate Professor of

Chinese History at the University of California, Riverside. Index.

Quest for Energy: Liquefied Natural Gas FEER AM

2002
FEER

China's emergence as an industrial and economic power demands large amounts of energy

resources. Turning away from the Middle East and focusing on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from

Indonesia and Australia, the China National Offshore Oil Corp. (as well as BP) signed an agreement

with Fujian authorities to build a 2.6 million-tonne LNG receiving terminal in the eastern coastal

province. If approved by Beijing, the facility is scheduled to begin operation by 2006.

BP's Presence in China AM

2003
BP Web site

BP has been operating in China since the early 1970s. Our operations are spread across BP's four

main business streams: Refining and Marketing (Downstream), Exploration and Production (Upstream),

Chemicals and Gas, Power & Renewables.



From the late 1970s and early 1980s, BP began oil and gas exploration in offshore China. Our

business has grown considerably since then and today includes oil and gas production, supplying

aviation fuel, importing and marketing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG),

fuel retailing, solar power installations, joint venture chemical plants and the sales of chemicals

technology.



BP has invested over US$3 billion on commercial projects in China and an additional US$1 billon in IPOs,

making BP the largest foreign oil company investor in China.

http://www.bp.com/in_your_area/transition_page.asp?id=16

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