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2. Agricultural Productivity in a Newly Settled Region: The Case of Manchuria.
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Nai-Ruenn Chen
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AGRICULTURAL productivity ,INDUSTRIAL productivity - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to show that in spite of the favorable factors, the Schultz hypothesis remains plausible for a newly settled region; that is, no significant growth of agricultural productivity may be expected for the region in the long run if production is based on traditional factors. To support the argument an attempt is made to derive an agricultural productivity index through constructing aggregate output and input indices for the northeastern region of China—Manchuria. The region has an area approximately equal to that of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota combined. After it was open to immigration in the late nineteenth century, agricultural population rose from half a million in the 1880s to 20 million in the mid-1920s and 34 million in 1957. The increase was largely derived from the expansion of traditional inputs. Manchuria, therefore, provided a typical case of newly settled traditional agriculture. Section II outlines the approach employed to derive the productivity index for Manchurian agriculture. Section III presents the principal findings. An interpretation of these findings is contained in section IV. Section V is a short summary of conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 1972
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3. The Week.
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WORLD news briefs ,ECONOMIC recovery ,GOLD standard ,PEACE ,MEETINGS ,FREEDOM of the press ,STATE government personnel ,DEFORESTATION - Abstract
Presents socio-political and economic news from the world. Report that the visit of French Premier Pierre Laval to Berlin, Germany, was important because it symbolized the desideratum of European recovery and stability--Franco-German rapprochement; Report that the Scandinavian countries which have followed Great Britain off the gold standard have done so primarily because they were in a similar situation; Report that the principal loss which Great Britain suffers as a result of the abandonment of the gold standard arises, not from the fall, but from the fluctuation in the exchange value of the pound; Efforts to bring peace and conciliation between Japan and China in the wake of the war in Manchuria, China; Cancellation of the biennial meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations due to the Manchurian episode; Profiles U.S. educator and ichthyologist, David Starr Jordan; Speculation on Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Lancashire, England; Report that for many weeks, the civil authorities of Harlan, Kentucky, who are openly allied with the coals mine owners against the striking miners, have exercised a press censorship; Economic situation of Detroit, Michigan and its consequences on public; Criticism of Governor of California for putting the district attorney Charles M. Fickert, on the state pay roll; Criticism of the cutting of trees in the U.S. for constructions on land.
- Published
- 1931
4. THE CLIMATE OF CHINA ACCORDING TO THE NEW THORNTHWAITE CLASSIFICATION.
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Jen-Hu Chang
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CLIMATOLOGY ,MAPS ,CLIMATE change ,CLIMATIC classification ,DYNAMIC climatology ,TOPOCLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
Discusses the climatic maps of proper China and Manchuria according to the Thornthwaite 1948 classification. Formula for computing the potential evapotranspiration; Presentation of climatic conditions; Classes of maps presented by Thornthwaite.
- Published
- 1955
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5. An Outlet for Japan.
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IMMIGRATION & emigration in Japan ,IMMIGRANTS ,HUMAN fertility ,INDUSTRIALIZATION & society - Abstract
Discusses whether or not Japan's excess population should be settled in Manchuria, Russia and eastern Siberia. Japan's control of the natural resources of these regions; Closure to Japanese immigrants of Latin America and English-speaking countries; Effect of industrialization on the birth rate; Ability of all races of man to be adaptable to wide variations of climate.
- Published
- 1921
6. An Open Letter to Dr. Inazo Nitobé.
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Buell, Raymond Leslie
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INTERNATIONALISTS ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,WAR - Abstract
Presents an open letter addressed to Inazo Nitobé, a Japanese internationalist. His interview in which he upheld in the most sweeping terms the recent acts of Japan in Manchuria and Shanghai in China; Statement in a Far Eastern newspaper, gravely stating that Woodrow Wilson would have welcomed the establishment of the new state of Manchuria on the ground that it was in accord with the principle of self-determination; Information that for seven years he faithfully served the cause of international cooperation as a high official in the League Secretariat; Question as to why he is apparently indifferent to the violations by Japan of the League Covenant and the anti-war pact.
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- 1932
7. Manchurian Housing Project--For Soybeans.
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SOYBEAN - Abstract
A photograph depicting straw shacks to protect the crop of soybeans from Manchurian winter, China, is presented.
- Published
- 1940
8. Speaking of Revolution.
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van Loon, Hendrik Willem
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,SOCIALISM ,IMPERIALISM - Abstract
The Chinese have always been a curious people and they are possessed of some very queer old customs. The managers of the Greatest Show on Earth seem to have chosen the present Soviet Union government to act as their Invisible Property Man. Officially they refuse to believe that there is such a thing as a Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. As far as Washington is concerned, official Soviet Union simply does not exist. There is some trouble, so it appears, about the exact status of a certain country called Manchuria. Japan wants that country and China wants it or has it and the two nations threaten to go to war with each other on account of this distant and mysterious territory.
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- 1931
9. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
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Harcreaves, J. D.
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GREAT Britain-Japan relations ,INTERNATIONAL alliances ,DIPLOMATIC history ,TWENTIETH century ,HISTORY of Manchuria, China ,HISTORY - Abstract
The article discusses the alliance between Great Britain and Japan, focusing on the period 1902 to 1952. It examines European interests in Asia and reflects on how the relationship between Great Britain and Japan was impacted by relations with other countries, particularly China, Russia, France, and the United States. Topics explored by the author include the Russian occupation of Manchuria, China, Great Britain's "open door" trade policy in China, and international relations in the post-World War II period.
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- 1952
10. The Week.
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WORLD news briefs ,EMPLOYEE bonuses ,PRESIDENTS of the United States ,ESPIONAGE ,CHINESE history, 1928-1937 ,COTTON trade ,PETROLEUM industry ,ELECTRIC rates ,GAS rates ,CONCORD ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,LAW - Abstract
Presents news from the world. View of U.S. President Herbert Hoover on the new bonus legislation; Information on the Herndon-Pangborn case of spying in the ongoing Japanese war in Manchuria; Report that the famous drop a crop cotton plan of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana has received its death blow at the hands of Governor of Texas and his supporters in the Texas state legislature; Report that the collapse of the Long plan has been a useful corrective to many people carried away by the success with which Governors of Oklahoma and Texas, have reduced oil production in those states and increased the price by more than 100 percent; Controversy on the letter of Hoover to the newspaper "The New York Times," on its eightieth birthday; Campaign of the people of Westchester County, New York, to compel reduction of their electric light rates; Repudiation of the inhabitants of Coalton, Ohio, on the issue of high fuel gas rates; Information on the Chicago, Illinois organization--The Federation of American Business Men; Information on a convention in Rethel, in the French Ardennes, at which several hundred delegates from the intellectuals of France and Germany, met on their own initiative to discuss ways of effecting a Franco-German entente.
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- 1931
11. Editorials.
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ARMIES ,ANNEXATION (County government) ,PUBLISHING ,BOOKS - Abstract
The article presents various political developments. General Pelham D. Glassford's reply to Attorney-General William Mitchell's attack upon the character of the bonus army was clear and devastating. In signing a treaty of alliance with Manchukuo on September 15 Japan has taken one more step toward the ultimate annexation of this puppet state, and has again challenged the civilized world. A new publisher has conceived the idea that there is a public, which wants to buy "distinguished books while they are best-sellers, in a full leather format in keeping with their distinction," and so he has arranged with other publishers to bring out such special editions to sell at $5.
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- 1932
12. Russia and the Orient.
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Peffer, Nathaniel
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HISTORY education ,NATIONALISM ,CHINESE history, 1928-1937 ,CHINESE politics & government, 1928-1937 - Abstract
The article discusses the influence of Russian colonization in the history of China. According to the author, Russia's successful conquer of Manchuria in China and the undermining of the Nationalist government by widespread revolts had put an end to a chapter in Chinese history. The professional conservatives and professional radicals also noted that Chinese Nationalism was purely a Russian product.
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- 1930
13. Editorials.
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UNITED States social conditions ,INTERNATIONAL conflict ,BOOKS - Abstract
This article focuses on the social conditions of the U.S. In all the welter of the conflicting news from Manchuria nothing stands out clearly save that more than ever the world's peace machinery is at stake and that the time has come for the U.S. to show its hand and lay its cards upon the table. the U.S. are entirely convinced that no matter what the Chinese provocation, there is no defense for the Japanese aggression, and that, if there is not a united and determined front by the League and the U.S., the Japanese will sooner or later annex Manchuria as they have Korea.
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- 1931
14. Japan Defies the Imperialists.
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Hallgren, Mauritz A.
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JAPANESE politics & government ,IMPERIALISM ,MILITARY policy ,COLONIZATION - Abstract
Japan cannot understand the widespread outcry from the Western world against its present occupation of Manchuria. Is it not entirely ethical and logical (the Japanese must be thinking) to defend one's interests in foreign lands? The Tokio government has stated frankly and with at least an outward show of sincerity, that in occupying Manchuria it intends to give to its interests and to the lives and property of its nationals only that definite measure of military protection and other first-rate Power would provide under similar circumstances. It has added with equal clarity that it has no territorial or political designs upon Manchuria.
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- 1931
15. The Economic Development of Manchuria: The Rise of a Frontier Economy.
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Eckstein, Alexander, Kang Chao, and Chang, John
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ECONOMIC development ,INDUSTRIALIZATION ,ECONOMICS ,ECONOMIC conditions in China - Abstract
Examines the economic development of Manchuria, China between 1860 and 1960. Types of development patterns; Economic benefits of industrialization.
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- 1974
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16. THE NEED FOR A POPULATION POLICY IN JAPAN.
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Thompson, Warren S.
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POPULATION policy ,WORLD War II ,FISHERIES ,FOOD supply - Abstract
Japan faces a very difficult problem in her effort to become self-supporting under the conditions resulting from her defeat in World War II. It will be impossible to discuss in any detail here the reasons for this conclusion, but it will be necessary to summarize briefly the facts of the situation if this conclusion is to be accepted as reasonable. Japan now consists of only the four main islands and Ryukyu, an area of somewhat less than 148,000 square miles, the numerous smaller islands still belonging to Japan having little economic importance. Before World War II, Japan held Formosa, Korea, and southern Saghalien as colonies. She also held the Kwantung Leased Territory in southern Manchuria. After 1931, Manchuria belonged for all practical purposes in this category, although it was not legally a colony. Before World War II, Japan Proper imported about one-sixth of her food, much of it from Formosa, Korea, and Manchuria. Clearly, the severance of all economic ties with Formosa, Korea, Saghalien, and Manchuria, and the restriction of her fisheries within relatively narrow limits around Japan Proper were bound to reduce the food supply of the Japanese.
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- 1950
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17. Young Sage.
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EDUCATORS ,ACADEMIC achievement - Published
- 1947
18. Japan Strikes Oil.
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COAL mining - Abstract
The article reports that Japan has discovered a way to produce oil from coal gathered from Japanese mines in Manchuria through the use of the Fushun colliery.
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- 1932
19. Manchurian Mystery. II. Where China Meets Russia.
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Roth, Andrew
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COMMUNISM ,CENTRAL economic planning ,COMMUNISTS ,HISTORY - Abstract
Manchuria, China is the place where the Russian and Chinese revolutions come together. If the bond between them is made secure, the world's political balance will clearly be tipped toward communism. If, however, the Chinese and Russian Communists take different paths, the resulting controversy will make Yugoslavian Prime Minster Josip Broz Tito's heresy seem small potatoes indeed. The test is certain to come in Manchuria because there China's and Soviet Union's national interests clearly overlap. China cannot hope to industrialize itself within the next generation without the full use of Manchuria. At the same time the Soviets have an unmistakable economic and strategic stake in the region.
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- 1949
20. Note Inflation in the Far East.
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FOREIGN exchange ,INTERNATIONAL markets ,INTERNATIONAL finance - Abstract
This article presents an account of the currency situation in Manchuria, China and Eastern Siberia that was published in the January 31, 1920 issue of the "Economist." Since the prohibition of dealings in rubles in the chief markets of the world, the ruble exchanges of the Far East have acquired a new importance. The Chinese Eastern Railway was and is a link in the great trans-continental line. It carried goods into Russian territory, and those goods were paid for in rubles. In South Manchuria the Japanese control of the South Manchurian Railway gave a similar predominance to the yen. But today the Chinese Eastern Railway has had to abandon the ruble in paying its workmen.
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- 1920
21. THE INSCRUTABLE ORIENT.
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BUSINESSMEN - Abstract
A photograph of Chang Ching-Kuo, the wealthiest business man in Manchuria, China, is presented.
- Published
- 1929
22. Distress Goods.
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RAILROADS ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Published
- 1935
23. CHINA'S STEEL PLANS.
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STEEL mills ,STEEL minimills -- Design & construction - Abstract
The article offers information on the construction of steel mills in Manchukuo, China that is financed by foreign investors.
- Published
- 1945
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