Chad J. Mitcham, a London-based writer and researcher, recieved his PhD in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has studied and worked in several countries.

'This book is a valuable contribution to our fuller understanding of China's post 1949 economic development' - Christopher Howe, The China Quarterly, 196, December 2008

• Part 1: 1949 to August 1960 Preface Introduction 1. Grain Imbalance, CHINCOM and China's Economic and Foreign Trade Strategy: 1949 to June 1957 2. Famine, 'the Great Leap' and China's 'Test Purchases' of Western Grain: July 1957 to August 1960 Part 2: September 1960 to October 1962 3. Chinese-Western grain Trade Diplomacy: Credits and Famine Relief, September 1960 to October 1962 4. Grain, Aircraft and the Lennedy Administration's 'China Policy' Debate: June 1960 to October 1962 Part 3: October 1962 to July 1964 5. Chemical Fertiliser, Equipment and Technology and Japanese-Western Competition in the 'China Trade': October 1962 to September 1963 6. 'China Market' Rivalries Intensify: Washington and Taibei's Response, October 1963 to July 1964 Part 4: August 1964 to December 1965 7. The 'Third Front', Vietnam and China's Foreign Trade: August 1964 to February 1965 8. Vietnam Escalation and the 'Non-Strategic' 'China Trade': Washington's Position Reconsidered, March to December 1965 Part 5: 1965 to 1974 9. 'Cultural Revolution' Delays: Steel Complex Negotiations and US-Allied Trade Policy, 1965 and 1966 10. Emergence from 'Cultural Revolution': Suspended Trade Negotiations Resumed. US Trade Controls Relaxed, 1966 to 1979 Appendices 1. Biographical Sketches of Chinese Officials

Chad J. Mitcham, a London-based writer and researcher, recieved his PhD in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has studied and worked in several countries.

'This book is a valuable contribution to our fuller understanding of China's post 1949 economic development' - Christopher Howe, The China Quarterly, 196, December 2008

• Part 1: 1949 to August 1960 Preface Introduction 1. Grain Imbalance, CHINCOM and China's Economic and Foreign Trade Strategy: 1949 to June 1957 2. Famine, 'the Great Leap' and China's 'Test Purchases' of Western Grain: July 1957 to August 1960 Part 2: September 1960 to October 1962 3. Chinese-Western grain Trade Diplomacy: Credits and Famine Relief, September 1960 to October 1962 4. Grain, Aircraft and the Lennedy Administration's 'China Policy' Debate: June 1960 to October 1962 Part 3: October 1962 to July 1964 5. Chemical Fertiliser, Equipment and Technology and Japanese-Western Competition in the 'China Trade': October 1962 to September 1963 6. 'China Market' Rivalries Intensify: Washington and Taibei's Response, October 1963 to July 1964 Part 4: August 1964 to December 1965 7. The 'Third Front', Vietnam and China's Foreign Trade: August 1964 to February 1965 8. Vietnam Escalation and the 'Non-Strategic' 'China Trade': Washington's Position Reconsidered, March to December 1965 Part 5: 1965 to 1974 9. 'Cultural Revolution' Delays: Steel Complex Negotiations and US-Allied Trade Policy, 1965 and 1966 10. Emergence from 'Cultural Revolution': Suspended Trade Negotiations Resumed. US Trade Controls Relaxed, 1966 to 1979 Appendices 1. Biographical Sketches of Chinese Officials