China's Economic Relations with the West and Japan 1949-1979

Part 1 1949 to August 1960; Preface; Introduction; 1. Grain Imbalance, CHINCOM and China's Economic and Foreign Trade Strategy: 1949 to June 1957; 2. Famine - the Great Leap' and China's 'Test Purchases' of Western Grain: July 1957 to August 1960; Part 2 September 1960 to October 1962; 3. Chinese-Western grain Trade Diplomacy: Credits and Famine Relief, September 1960 to October 1962; 4. Grain, Aircraft and the Lennedy Administration's 'China Policy' Debate: June 1960 to October 1962; Part 3 October 1962 to July 1964; 5. Chemical Fertiliser, Equipment and Technology and Japanese-Western Competition in the 'China Trade': October 1962 to September 1963; 6. 'China Market' Rivalries Intensify: Washington and Taibei's Response, October 1963 to July 1964 Part 4 August 1964 to December 1965; 7. The 'Third Front', Vietnam and China's Foreign Trade: August 1964 to February 1965; 8. Vietnam Escalation and the 'Non-Strategic' 'China Trade': Washington's Position Reconsidered, March to December 1965; Part 5 1965 to 1974; 9. 'Cultural Revolution' Delays: Steel Complex Negotiations and US-Allied Trade Policy; 1965 and 1966; 10. Emergence from 'Cultural Revolution': Suspended Trade Negotiations Resumed. US Trade Controls Relaxed; 1966 to 1979; Appendices; 1. Biographical Sketches of Chinese Officials; 2. Biographical Sketches of Trade Representatives and Government Officials from Non-Communist Countries; 3. Table: Annual Chinese Purchases of Western Grain; 1949 to 1979; 4. Table: Annual Chinese Purchases of Chemical Fertiliser from Japan and Western Europe; 1949 to 1979; Table: Major Transactions between China and Business Interests from Non-Communist Countries; 1949 to 1979

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