Introduction 1. The Kiakhta Trade 2. British-Chinese Steamship Rivalry in China, 1873-85 3. China's Nineteenth Century Industrialization: The Case of the Hanyehping Coal and Iron Company Limited 4. The Chinese Labour Force in the First Part of the Twentieth Century 5. Sino-Soviet Economic Relations: A Re-appraisal 6. A Chinese Discussion on Planning for Balanced Growth: A Summary of the Views of Ma Yin-ch'u and his Critics 7. Factors in Japan's Economic Growth 8. Capital Formation in Pre-War Japan: Current Findings and Future Problems 9. Economic Development and Foreign Trade in Pre-War Japan
C.D. Cowan Professor of the History of South-East Asia School of Oriental and African Studies University of London