ABSTRACT
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 and Japan developed in these years.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1949|2 pages
Part I 1949–August 1960
part |2 pages
Part II September 1960–September 1962
part |2 pages
Part III September 1962–July 1964
part |2 pages
Part IV August 1964–October 1965
part |2 pages
Part V October 1965–79