An examination of Britain's relations with China from the end of the World War II to the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. This volume demonstrates how Britain's effort to recover something of its pre-war commercial pre-eminence in China were handicapped by its post-war financial weakness.

K. Hamilton, S.R. Ashton, G. Bennett

MBFR in Central Europe - the exploratory talks, 1972-73; MBFR - the Vienna negotiations, 1973-76; detente in Anglo-Soviet relations, 1973-74; the new phase, 1974-76; appendices.