The ebb and flow of Chinese petroleum : : a story told by a witness / / by Mao Huahe ; translated by Mao Yiran and Thomas Seay.

For the first time, a work that breaks with the official Chinese government narrative concerning the petroleum industry and provides the true story as personally experienced by the author, Mao Huahe, a thirty-year veteran and executive in the oil industry. Mao witnessed first-hand the breakthrough d...

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Superior document:Ideas, History, and Modern China; volume21
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Series:Ideas, History, and Modern China; volume21.
Physical Description:1 online resource (383 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page / Huahe Mao
  • Foreword / Huahe Mao
  • A Lingering Sentiment for Chinese Petroleum / Huahe Mao
  • Maps / Huahe Mao
  • Notes on Author, Translators, and Others / Huahe Mao
  • The Yanchang Era (1877–1949): Advanced in Antiquity, Backward in Modern Times / Huahe Mao
  • Chinese Advances with Petroleum in Antiquity / Huahe Mao
  • The Six Old Oilfields in Modern China: Small Scale and Weak Foundation / Huahe Mao
  • China’s First On-Land Oilfield: Yanchang Oilfield / Huahe Mao
  • Yumen Oilfield, 1939: China’s First Modern Petroleum Base / Huahe Mao
  • The Yumen Era (1950–1959): Laying the Foundation, Setting Petroleum Development Policy / Huahe Mao
  • China’s Petroleum Industry Takes Off / Huahe Mao
  • Yumen Oilfield: Cradle of the Chinese Petroleum Industry / Huahe Mao
  • Pioneering a Great Cause at Qinghai Oilfield / Huahe Mao
  • Karamay: New China’s First Big Oilfield / Huahe Mao
  • High Hopes for Sichuan Oil and Gas / Huahe Mao
  • The Anti-Rightist Movement and Great Leap Forward Harm the Petroleum Industry / Huahe Mao
  • The Daqing Era (1960–1969): China No Longer “Poor in Oil” / Huahe Mao
  • The Search for Daqing Oilfield / Huahe Mao
  • Constructing Daqing Oilfield / Huahe Mao
  • “In Industry, Learn from Daqing” Reconsidered (Part One) / Huahe Mao
  • “In Industry, Learn From Daqing” Reconsidered (Part Two) / Huahe Mao
  • A Scribe—My Petroleum Career / Huahe Mao
  • Advancing on the Crest of Victory: Switching the Battleground to Bohai Bay Basin / Huahe Mao
  • The Jianghan Era (1970–1979): Against the Current, China Becomes a Big Oil-Producing Country / Huahe Mao
  • The Jianghan Oil Campaign: Zhou Enlai’s Moves to Protect the Oil Industry / Huahe Mao
  • An Oil Industry Ready to Launch Out in All Directions / Huahe Mao
  • The Sudden Rise and Fall of Huabei Oilfield / Huahe Mao
  • Diary of the Deputy Executive of Huabei Oilfield / Huahe Mao
  • Ten Years of Endeavor, Leading Industry with High Speed / Huahe Mao
  • Shengli Era (1980–1989): When the Gods Fight, Mortals Suffer: Rolling a Boulder Uphill / Huahe Mao
  • Hua Guofeng Endorses Kang Shi’en’s Proposal of a Dozen Daqings / Huahe Mao
  • Hua Guofeng Resigns, and the Oil Industry Faces a Storm / Huahe Mao
  • The Oil Industry Reels from Accidents, Scandals, and Vendettas / Huahe Mao
  • Rolling a Boulder Uphill / Huahe Mao
  • The Debate on Shengli Oilfield’s Second Daqing Plan / Huahe Mao
  • Seven Situations and Severe Challenges / Huahe Mao
  • The Tarim Era (1990–2000): Bad Decisions Lead to Zero Increase of On-Land Oil Production / Huahe Mao
  • Origin of the Tarim Oil Campaign / Huahe Mao
  • Wang Tao Decides: Go All Out in Tarim without Foreign Investment / Huahe Mao
  • The State Council Ratifies the Tarim Oil Campaign / Huahe Mao
  • Seven Achievements of the Tarim Oil Campaign / Huahe Mao
  • Falling between Two Stools / Huahe Mao
  • Too Much Investment, Too Much Waste, Too Few Results / Huahe Mao
  • Overstating Achievements and Experiences / Huahe Mao
  • Other Issues Relating to the Tarim Campaign / Huahe Mao
  • The Offshore Era (1953–2000): Leading the Reform, Another Daqing Realized / Huahe Mao
  • A Dry Duck Trying to Swim: the Difficulties of Offshore Petroleum Exploration / Huahe Mao
  • Leading the Reform and Opening-Up / Huahe Mao
  • International Cooperation Increases, an Offshore Daqing Emerges / Huahe Mao
  • Integrating Internationally, Creating a New Company / Huahe Mao
  • Engaging in International Cooperation, Exploring Foreign Oil and Gas Supplies / Huahe Mao
  • The Oil Industry in Taiwan / Huahe Mao
  • Back Matter
  • Epilogue / Huahe Mao
  • Index / Huahe Mao.