China's economic relations with the West and Japan, 1949-79 : grain, trade and diplomacy /
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 highl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2005
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| Series: | Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ;
14 |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 281 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-270) and index |
| ISBN: | 0203561317 041531481X 9780203561317 9780415314817 |