一战期间英日在中国棉业市场的力量消长论析

The Decline and Growth of Anglo-Japanese Powers in the Chinese Cotton Market during the First World War

英国作为老牌资本主义国家,最早完成了工业革命,其棉纺织工业在很长一段时间里傲居世界首位,占有着世界棉业市场大部分的份额。然而,第一次世界大战的到来使英国的优势地位遭到了挑战。当英国忙于争夺欧洲霸权、无暇东顾之时,日本正在逐渐吞噬着其最重要的海外棉业市场之一——中国。整个一战期间,日英在中国棉业市场上的力量对比发生了显著的变化。

As the oldest capitalist country, Britain finished the Industrial Revolution most earliest, her power of cotton industry was the No.1 in the world for a very long time, and occupied the most parts of the cotton market. But during the First World War, Britain had to be busy scrambling for the European supremacy, and had no time to take care of the eastern cotton market, Japan used the good chance to corrode one of the most important cotton markets of Britain China. During the war, the powers of the two countries in the Chinese cotton market had a remarkable change.