Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gina layin dogo na farko a kasar Sin a zamanin daular Qing a ƙarshen karni na 19, bayan da aka riga aka kafa hanyoyin sadarwa masu yawa a Turai, Arewacin Amurka, Indiya da Japan. Da zuwan jinkirin jiragen kasa a kasar Sin ya faru ne saboda rashin masana'antu da kuma halin shakku na gwamnatin Qing. Kodayake mutane da yawa da shahararrun mutane kamar Lin Zexu da Taiping sun yi tawaye
Hong Rengan ya yi kira da a gina hanyoyin jirgin kasa a kasar Sin a tsakiyar karni na 19, kotun Qing mai ra'ayin mazan jiya ta dauki injunan tururi a matsayin "masu wayo amma marasa amfani", kuma sun yi tsayayya da hanyoyin jirgin kasa, wanda zai "hana mana shingen tsaro, cutar da filayenmu da kuma tsoma baki tare da "feng shui". A cikin shekarun 1860, ma'aikatan kasar Sin sun taimaka wajen gina titin jirgin kasa na tsakiyar Pacific a Amurka.