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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Spatial evolution of Fuzhou and Xiamen ports

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Figure 2. Spatial evolution of Xiamen outer port. (A) Xiamen outer
port, 1883. (B) Xiamen outer port, 1892. (C) Xiamen outer port, 1935.
Source: Drawing by the authors. Figure 3. Spatial evolution of Mawei Port. (A) Mawei Port, 1872. (B) Mawei
Port, 1890. (C) Mawei Port, 1934. Source: Drawing by the authors.
Ships, the Age of Steamships, and the Age of Oil Tankers.
During the Age of Sailing Ships, the rise of maritime shifted toward “revitalizing industry,” where capitalism
trade, driven by the mercantilist ideology, spurred the and mercantilism jointly expanded the market, facilitated
development of the shipping industry, with spatial port construction, and promoted spatial production
arrangements primarily serving trade operations. In the through trade. The Age of Oil Tankers introduced liberal
Age of Steamships, the core of the mercantilist ideology economic thought, fostering the rise of oil companies in a

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