Brief History of Inflation in China.

Intro -- Cover -- Contents -- 1 Ch'ing Dynasty and Inflation -- 1.1 The Issuing and Breakdown of the Big Coin, the Official Note and the Treasure Bill -- 1.2 The Abusive casting of the Copper Coin and its devaluation -- 2 The Beiyang Government, Local Warlords and Inflation -- 2.1 The Suspension of Banknotes Redemption -- 2.2 Abusing the Minting of Copper Coins and Fractional Silver Coins -- 2.3 Abusing the Issue of Copper Coin Notes and Pseudo-Currencies -- 2.4 Various Banknotes and Miscellaneous Military Notes -- 2.5 Infamous Examples of Inflation -- 3 Three Inflation in the Japanese-backed Puppet Regime-Controlled Areas -- 3.1 The Puppet Central Bank of Manchuria -- 3.2 The Puppet Joint Reserve Bank of China and Joint Reserve Banknotes -- 3.3 The Puppet Central Reserve Bank -- 4 The National Government and Inflation -- 4.1 The Mild Inflationary Period -- 4.2 The Hyperinflationary Period -- 4.3 The Intensification of Hyperinflation and Collapse of the Legal Tender System -- 4.4 Gold Coin Banknotes -- 4.5 Short-lived Silver Dollar Banknotes -- 4.6 Credit Inflation and Currency Inflation -- 4.7 Polices on Foreign Exchange and Gold and Inflation -- 4.8 Capital Flight and Inflation -- 4.9 The Redistribution of National Income in the Process of Inflation -- References.

When looking back at the Chinese economy over the last 100 years or so, we can see that, although always fluctuating, there are definite trends in inflation that emerge along with social changes, shifts in the economic system, and major changes in economic policy. This book identifies the causes of inflation throughout China's recent economic history. It explores the reasons behind inflationary changes, and it studies the effective counter-measures used by China's economic rulers. (Series: Economic History in China).

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