Sichuan Tourism Options in the 1930s


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“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”— Mark Twain Posted: March 6th, 2021 | No Comments » Ming Sung Steamers were offering trips to ‘Progessive Szechuan’ in the 1930s with sailings from Shanghai to Chongqing via the ports of Nanjing, Wuhan, Yichang and Wanxian (the latter two being at either end of the scenic Three Gorges (that didn’t survive the Communist Master Builders sadly). Ming Sung was based in Shanghai (though most of its steamers were Clydeside built) and obviously very much onboard with the Nationalist Government who pushed the ‘Progressive’ Sichuan line. Ming Sung, which had become China’s...