Schenk, Catherine R. , “Commercial Rivalry Between Shanghai and Hong Kong During the Collapse of the Nationalist Regime in China, 1945-1949” (1998)

Title : “Commercial Rivalry Between Shanghai and Hong Kong During the Collapse of the Nationalist Regime in China, 1945-1949”

Author(s) : Schenk, Catherine R.

Year : 1998

Type : Journal article

Subject : History

Keywords : economy;political

Journal : International History Review

Volume : 20

Number : 1

Start page : 68

End page : 88

Language:Name : English

Support : Print

Abstract : Open currency markets and a free trade policy in Hong Kong after World War II gave it great economic advantages over Shanghai, whose government-controlled import-export trade could not compete with the British colony. Complex ongoing negotiations between Chinese, Hong Kong, and English authorities to develop financial and trade agreements never reached a complete solution to these problems. A deteriorating Chinese economy and a collapsing Nationalist government created general chaos during this period.