The Archive · 1940

Japanese Plan New Development

Mongolia and N. Kiangsu Selected for Exploitation

Programmes The new year finds the Japanese determined to embark on gigantic economic exploitation programmes in the Greater Mongolian Autonomous Government and also in North Kiangsu. Reports published by the "Sin Shun Pao" reveal that while during the past year the new autonomous government, which is a federal Chinese regime looking after affairs in Chahar, North Shansi and Inner Mongolia, spent $58,000,000 for political and economic developments but this year the sum will be doubled. The North Kiangsu Development Company, a new Sino-Japanese concern which is capitalized at $10,000,000 will first pay attention to Chinese weaving factories.

During the past year, $12,000,000 was spent for building a network of highways in regions under the control of the new autonomous lo dor

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