Special Report No. S-126. Graphic Arts Industries and Market for Printing and Bookbinding Machinery and Equipment in China. (Required Report. Reference: Questionnaire from Machinery and Specialties Division). Shanghai, China. April 7, 1937. - 41p
Part I - General
- Newspaper publishing
- The Early Press
- Foreign Newspapers
- Chinese Newspapers
- Press Used for Propaganda
- The Modern Press
- Foreign Language Papers
- Regulation of the Press
- Advertising
- Magazine and Periodicals
- Missionary Periodicals
- Development of Specialized Publications
- Modern Magazine
- Book Publishing
- Early beginnings
- Modern Publishing
- Foreign Language Books
- Import and Export Trade
- Lithography
- Gravure Printing
- Commercial Printing
- Electrotyping and stereotyping
- Steel and Copper Plate Engraving
PART II - Market for Priting and Bookbinding Machinery
- Domestic Printing and Bookbinding Machinery Industry
- Import Trade in Printing Machinery
- Export trade in Priting and Bookbinding Machinery
- Import restrictions
- Market prospects for American Machinery
- Factors affecting American Trade
Confidential - p. 41
Includes tables showing:
- Numbers of newspapers and their circulation, according to their place of publication and language. - p.16
- Numbers of books published in China in 1935 - according to the kind of books, number of kinds, number of volumes, and their value in yuans - p.29
- Imports figures of printing bookbinding and paper making machinery, as well as printing and lithographic materials
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