Boecking, Felix
No Great Wall
- ISBN 13:
- 9780674970601
- author:
- Boecking, Felix
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 292
- Dimensions:
- 23.11 x 15.24 x 2.54 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, History & Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
No Great Wall: Tariffs, Nationalism in Republican China, 1927-1945
This study fundamentally challenges the widely accepted idea that Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government was incompetent. Instead, it argues that during the second Sino-Japanese War, China's international trade and tariff revenues collapsed, leading to a decline in government finances and political viability.
The Nationalist government relied heavily on tariffs as a source of revenue, which made its management of international trade and government finances crucial. However, when the war broke out in 1937, the loss of territories producing 80% of tariff revenue led to a sharp decline in government income, forcing the government to resort to more aggressive forms of revenue extraction.
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