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 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.Mitcham, Chad J. is the author of 'China's Economic Relations With The West And Japan, 1949-79 Grain, Trade And Diplomacy', published 2005 under ISBN 9780415314817 and ISBN 041531481X.