History A-Level
Technology transfer and modernisation
What Technology transfer and modernisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Technology transfer and modernisation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Adopting and adapting western technologies transformed China's communications between 1860 and 1997, through railways, steam ships, telegraphy, road building and air transport.
Topics that use Technology transfer and modernisation
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 1 The growth of industry (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Foreign influence and imperialism
- Industrialisation and economic change
- Regional inequality and market integration
- State-building and infrastructure
- Technology and infrastructure
- Foreign influence and economic dependency
- State planning and central direction
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