After The Russo-Japanese War, Japan’s Occupation Of Fushun Coal Mine

Japan lies in the east of Eurasia, and it is in the Pacific northwest.Its domestic market isnarrow.What’s more, it lacks of resources. In order to plunder the raw material, and occupythe commodity market, Japan possessed the Fushun Coal Mine by violence afterRusso-Japanese War, and from then on, the Fushun Coal Mine was ruled and plundered for40years.In this period, the predatory exploitation, and the high pressure control to the minershas brought serious damage to economic life and the environment in Fushun. But, it alsopromoted objectively the technical innovation of Fushun Coal Mine and the development ofindustry in Fushun.This paper will be divided into four parts:The first part mainly introduces the Japanese occupation of Fushun Coal Mine. FushunCoal Mine has a long history, but as the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty, it had belonged to anunexploited coal mine. After the year of1840, it was gradually allowed to drill.Since FushunCoal Mine has rich coal resources, it was coveted by other countries for a long time,andRussia was the first to possessed the Fushun Coal Mine by violence. After Russo-Japanesewar, Japan possessed the Fushun Coal Mine by violence.The second part mainly discusses how Japan plundered Fushun Coal Mine. After Japanpossessed Fushun Coal Mine by violence, Japan brought Fushun Coal Mine into SouthManchuria Railways Co. in April1907.That is to say Fushun Coal Mine is the industry ofcolony, so its development is not only influenced by the inner factors, but also affected by theJapanese economy and policy. According to the different performance of Fushun Coal Minedevelopment, this part mainly can be divided into four periods, that are: the initial stage, thegrowth stage of sale in domestic market, the growth stage of exporting, and the stage ofpredatory exploitation. And this part will analyze different periods from the aspects of miningplan, sales situation and its development characteristics.The third part mainly reveals that how Japan ruled repressively Fushun Coal Mineworkers and how the miners struggled. The Japanese invaders plundered Fushun coalresources, through plundering the Chinese labor resource,Japan plundered young adults laborby lying to deceiving, prisoners of war and impressing, and made the miners under highpressure control. For maximum of making coal production increase, adopted the policy of "human flesh mining”, regardless of the miners’ lives. Under the cruel oppression andexploitation, Fushun Coal Mine workers to carry out a series of struggle.The fourth part looks upon the historical issues objectively, by the analysis of theplunder and management of Fushun Coal Mine. Japan predatory exploitation to Fushun CoalMine has brought serious harm to Fushun Coal Mine. At the same time, the Japaneseinvestment in Fushun Coal Mine construction, objectively promoted the economicdevelopment in Fushun. However, this kind of investment construction is for the purpose ofpredatory exploitation in Fushun Coal Mine. Predatory exploitation was throughout in thehistorical development process of Fushun Coal Mine.