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"How have the means of transportation and communication in China developed and changed in modern times?" How to answer? In what ways?

Since the invention of the train locomotive by the Englishman Stephen Sun and the invention of the steamboat by the American Fulton, the world's transportation business has gained rapid development and has had a far-reaching impact on the whole world. China's traditional means of transportation are oars, carriages and walking, after the Opium War, China was influenced by the West to establish a ship company - Ship China Merchants Bureau, the ship transportation industry as a representative of the innovation of transportation began. Along with the pace of China's modernization, the first railroad was born: in 1878, the first shaft was dug in the Kailuan Coal Mine in Hebei Province, and in order to transport coal, the Qing government agreed to build a 10-kilometer-long railroad between Tangshan and Xuguozhuang. The railroad was built in 1880 and opened in 1881, with China building its own first locomotives

Postal communications

①Beginnings: In 1866, the Customs Department began to run postal services on a trial basis.

② In 1896, it was changed to a formal process, the scope of communication covers all the major trading ports and central cities of the country.

③After the Xinhai Revolution, the Qing Post was renamed China Post, and the postal route was further expanded.

④In November 1949, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China was established, ushering in a new era of postal and telecommunication integration.

2, telecommunications

(1) Telegraph:

①Wireline Telegraph: In 1877, Ding Richang set up telegraph wires in Fujian, which became the beginning of the Chinese people's own wireline telegraph

②Radio Telegraph: Created in 1906. By the end of 1932, in addition to domestic wireless telegraphy, international wireless telegraphy was also opened.

(2) Telephone:

①Introduction: In 1882, the telephone was introduced to China.

②After the establishment of the Republic of China, telephone lines and telephone business offices continue to increase.

③ After the 1980s, communication technology developed rapidly.