The Decline and Fall of Shanxi Tycoons

• 作者: HuoJianying
• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 经济
• 关键词: 山西 地方经济史 金融业 商业经济
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（7）
• 页码范围: 58-61
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: F129.25

摘要

IT was in 1914 that the thriving hubbub of West Street in Pingyao rapidly disappeared, as shops along it, most notably the distinguished Risbengchang, were one by one locked and shuttered. The owner of the draft bank had been arrested and taken into custody in Beijing soon after declaring bankruptcy.These depressing events occurred 90 years after establishment