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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829133303321

Autore

Mitcham Chad J. <1964-, >

Titolo

China's economic relations with the West and Japan, 1949-79 : grain, Trade, and diplomacy / / Chad J. Mitcham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-37845-9

1-280-21592-5

9786610215928

0-203-56131-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Chinese economy ; ; 14

Classificazione

83.40

Disciplina

337.510182/1/09045

Soggetti

Grain trade - Government policy - China - History - 20th century

China Economic policy 1949-1976

China Economic policy 1976-2000

China Economic conditions 1949-1976

China Economic conditions 1976-2000

China Commercial policy History 20th century

China Foreign economic relations Western countries

Western countries Foreign economic relations China

China Foreign economic relations Japan

Japan Foreign economic relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms used in text; Introduction; Statistical note; Part I 1949-August 1960; Part II September 1960-September 1962; Part III September 1962-July 1964; Part IV August 1964-October 1965; Part V October 1965-79; Conclusion; Abbreviations in notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

During the period 1949 to 1979, communist China was officially pursuing a policy of self-sufficiency, and the United States and its allies were officially implementing a trade embargo against communist China. However, this book, based on extensive original research,



demonstrates that China was highly dependent on Western/Japanese grain imports. The text shows that groups lobbying on behalf of Western/Japanese grain producers and related industries had successfully found ways of by-passing the embargo. This book charts the complicated picture of how economic relations between China, the West