 
coal is china's most abundant natural resource. 
most of the coal fields are found in manchuria. 
china also has large deposits of iron ore in manchuria, wuhan (the cities 
of hankow, hanyang, and wuchang) in central china and sinkiang. 
because of the iron and coal deposits, the chinese have been able to 
develop a growing steel industry. 
the leading steel producer is the manchurian city of anshan, which turns 
out about half the nation's steel. 
most of anshan's mills were built by the japanese. 
they have been enlarged and modernized with russian help since 1945. 
other important steel centers are mukden, also in manchuria, and wuhan, on 
the yangtze river. 
china has good supplies of tungsten, antimony and tin. 
tungsten is used in making steel and the filaments in light bulbs. 
tin is also used in making steel, and in food containers. 
antimony is used in printing. 
there is sufficient copper to meet china's needs. 
the chinese have a large textile industry. 
cotton, silk, flax and jute produced in china supply the industry with raw 
materials. 
china has more raw materials for industry than any other nation in asia. 
however, the chinese do not have the capital to develop the potential 
water power of their rivers. 
while china has large deposits of oil in sinkiang, it is difficult to 
bring the oil to where it can be used because of a lack of railroads and 
roads. 
no one knows how much oil there is in china. 
there are no reliable (proven) statistics. 
the lowest estimate (guess on limited facts) made of the chinese oil 
reserves (oil in the ground) is about 20 billion barrels. 
