Economic conditions in postwar Hong Kong and South China

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ID	848
Name	Memorandum: Visit to Hong Kong and Canton - December 1947
Title	Economic conditions in postwar Hong Kong and South China
Year	1947
Author	Calder, Alonzo Bland (Commercial Attache, Shanghai)
Collection	Hoover Archives
Sub collection	Alonzo Bland Calder Papers (1911-1956), Box 43
Repository type	Archive
Description	Memorandum. Visit to Hong Kong and Canton - December 1947. Prepared by Commercial Attaché, A. Bland Calder. January 5, 1947. 16p Summary - 1 General Comment on Hong Kong's Entrepot Trade and its Distribution and Source Area - 2 Industrial Recovery in Hong Kong and Problems Involved in any Hoped for Expansion - Fuel and Food Situation - 3 Hong Kong(s Labor Problems - 4 Hong Kong's Trade Situation and Outlook - 5 Visit to Canton - 5 Local Views with regard to the Scope of T.V. Soong's Authority in the South and with regard to Prospects for Improved Business as a Result of His Assigment - 6 Efforts and Plans for Promoting the Sugar Industry in Canton Delta Region - 7 Comments on Kwangtung's Pre-war Industrial Development and Recovery thus far - 9 Chen Chi-tang's Interest in Kwangtung as a Possible Capital Investor - 10 Interview with T.V. Soong at Canton - 11 Some Aspects of the Banditry Situation - 13 Rice Purchase from Kwangsi and Smuggling Activities - 14 Conclusion - 15
Keywords	United States ; China ; Shanghai ; Hongkong ; postwar ; Guangdong ; port ; interview ; elite ; black market ; food ;

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