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Includes: Foreign Trade of China. Analysis of China trade figures for the years 1950 to 1955, based on an official announcement of the trade for 1954 in terms of Yuan. Comparison with the best pre-war years. Change in the nature of imports. China claims a balance between imports and exports. Trade with China of the principal non-communist countries. Statistics of UK /China trade for 1951 to 1955 with table of main exports. Dearth of offers from China. Statistics of Hongkong/China trade for 1949 to 1955, noting the decrease in exports from Hongkong. Rising trend in imports from China and change in their character. Trade Agreements. Notable increase in the number of trade agreements negotiated and analysis of their character. The following trade agreements are summarised: Japan, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Indonesia, Burma, Egypt, Italy, Finland, Syria, and Lebanon. China's Five Year Plan. All available information on this subject was circulated to members with the Bulletins for July and November 1955. The period is 1952 to 1957. Claims of progress. The importance of communication. Finance a major problem, stresses the importance of agriculture which may be affected by collectivisation. China's Budget. Official figures issued for the years 1953 and 1954 and estimates for 1955, giving an analysis of both revenue and expenditure. Commentary. Foreign Loans. Soviet loans of 1950 and 1954 and the agreement of 1956. Chinese loans to north Korea and Vietnam China's Currency. The foreign exchange value of the Yuan and the internal value of the Parity Unit remain unchanged. The Embargo. The Association urges HM G. to bring the China list into line with that for the European communist bloc. British Interests in China. Nearly all British commercial interests have now applied for closure, it being clear that trade cannot go on and that this is likely to be the settled policy of the Chinese Government. The position of owners of private property remains obscure. S.B.T.C. Visit to Peking [Beijing]. Report. China says further visits not of value son long as the embargo remains in force. Visits to Peking [Beijing] by other Western groups. Representatives of Chinese Export Corporations visit the UK Congress of Orientalists. Funds of the Associations School will be used to finance bursaries under the aegis of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Japanese Assets in the United Kingdom. Disposal of. Chronological Summary. Includes: State Council claim of grain production. Chronological Summary, items included cont'd. Hongkong restricts the entry of Chinese. The Roosevelt/Stalin agreement on the future of Hongkong. Peking [Beijing] condemnation of Kao Kang and Jao Shu-shih. Agreement on the nationality of Chinese residents of Indonesia. The Bandung talks. Details of some of the trade agreements made during the year. Imports of Hongkong textiles and other manufactures to the United Kingdom. The French withdraw from Haiphong. Railway construction, including the completion of the trans Mongolian link. Mr Li Hsien-nien, Minister of Finance states that the keynote of the 1955 budget will be capital accumulation for economic construction. Mr Li Fu-chun of the State Planning Commission outlines the revised 1953-1957 Five Year Plan and the large scale projects envisaged. Talks open between the US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and the Chinese Ambassador to Poland first at Geneva and then at Warsaw. Contract placed for the construction of the Hongkong Airport. Peking [Beijing] statement about Macao. HM G. statement about the B.C.P.I.T. and the London Export Corporation. Discussions between President Eisenhower and Sir Anthony Eden on the review of trade controls.
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