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Page 56
... TRADE Trade constitutes a fairly small portion of China's overall economy . It became important , however , in the country's attempt to modernize its economy , especially before 1985 , when China consistently ran trade surpluses . The ...
... TRADE Trade constitutes a fairly small portion of China's overall economy . It became important , however , in the country's attempt to modernize its economy , especially before 1985 , when China consistently ran trade surpluses . The ...
Page 111
... trade in all their dominions . In China , too , they eliminated state trade controls that had existed under the Sung and Chin , so that internal and external trade reached unprecedented proportions . It seems , how- ever , that China's ...
... trade in all their dominions . In China , too , they eliminated state trade controls that had existed under the Sung and Chin , so that internal and external trade reached unprecedented proportions . It seems , how- ever , that China's ...
Page 121
... trade taking precedence over tribute was the Ch'ing trade with Japan . The Tokugawa shogunate viewed the Ch'ing as barbarians whose conquest sullied China's claim to moral superiority in the world order . They refused to take part in ...
... trade taking precedence over tribute was the Ch'ing trade with Japan . The Tokugawa shogunate viewed the Ch'ing as barbarians whose conquest sullied China's claim to moral superiority in the world order . They refused to take part in ...
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