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This meticulously researched volume examines China's hidden economic dependencies during the Cold War era, revealing how communist China relied heavily on Western and Japanese grain imports despite its official self-sufficiency policy between 1949 and 1979. Whilst the United States and allied nations maintained a formal trade embargo against communist China, the book uncovers how grain producers and related industries successfully circumvented these restrictions through strategic lobbying and economic channels. Based on extensive original research, this work charts the complex interplay between Chinese Communist policy, Western diplomatic pressure, and Japanese commercial interests, providing crucial insights into how economic necessity shaped geopolitical relations during this pivotal period. The narrative demonstrates that behind the public facade of isolation and embargo, substantial trade networks persisted, fundamentally altering our understanding of Cold War economic history and China's path to modernisation.

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Explores China's grain dependency from 1949-1979, revealing contradictions between stated policy and actual economic behaviour during the Communist era.

Documents how Western and Japanese grain producers successfully bypassed US-led trade embargoes through lobbying efforts and commercial networks.

Part of the Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy series, offering scholarly analysis grounded in extensive original archival research.

Examines diplomatic and economic relations between China, the West, and Japan during a critical period of Cold War geopolitics and trade policy.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
29 June 2005
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09 February 2007

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