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Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy

Emily M. Hill

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Description:Part history, part biography, and part mystery story, "Smokeless Sugar" traces the formation of a national economy in China through an intriguing investigation of the 1936 execution of an allegedly corrupt Cantonese official. Feng Rui, a Western-educated agricultural expert, introduced modern sugar milling to China in the 1930s as a key component in a provincial investment program. Before long, however, he was accused of colluding with smugglers to pass foreign sugar off as a domestic product. Emily Hill makes the case that Feng was, in fact, a scapegoat in a multi-sided power struggle in which political leaders vied with commercial players for access to China's markets and tax revenues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy. To get started finding Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 336

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: UBC Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 128371678X

Description: Part history, part biography, and part mystery story, "Smokeless Sugar" traces the formation of a national economy in China through an intriguing investigation of the 1936 execution of an allegedly corrupt Cantonese official. Feng Rui, a Western-educated agricultural expert, introduced modern sugar milling to China in the 1930s as a key component in a provincial investment program. Before long, however, he was accused of colluding with smugglers to pass foreign sugar off as a domestic product. Emily Hill makes the case that Feng was, in fact, a scapegoat in a multi-sided power struggle in which political leaders vied with commercial players for access to China's markets and tax revenues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy. To get started finding Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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