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Includes: Introduction: Li Fu-Chen, Chairman of the State Planning Committee accords Agriculture top priority on the 1960 economic planning, increased reliance on "walking on two legs", Mao still in the country. UK Import Licencing for Chinese Goods, further talks with the Board of Trade. United Kingdom/China Trade 1959, commentary. Order for Gas/Liquid Chromatographic analysis apparatus. Amendments to the Embargo List. Canton Spring 1960 Trade Fair, date. China Trade with Canada. Italy. Singapore. Fertiliser Imports, estimate for 1958 and part 1959. Shipping Problems, delays at ports. Living Conditions in Shanghai, labour overtaxed, rice ration, hours of work, the part played by communes. Communications, rail and road construction, directive to speed up freight handling, ambitious plan for construction of canals. The Banknote Issue, increase follows job transfers. Kwangtung Fertiliser Production. Changchun Car Plant. China and Tractors. New Method of Fish Transport. Formosa: Openings for Foreign Capital. General Conditions. Trade with Japan. Hong Kong: Trade. UK Supplies Generating Equipment. Nationalisation of the two Power Companies. Textile Growth. Books. The China Quarterly. Review of the Economic Development of China.
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