'To Secure a Convenience': Britain Recognizes China — 1950

@article{Wolf1983ToSA,
  title={'To Secure a Convenience': Britain Recognizes China — 1950},
  author={D. Wolf},
  journal={Journal of Contemporary History},
  year={1983},
  volume={18},
  pages={299 - 326}
}
  • D. Wolf
  • Published 1983
  • History
  • Journal of Contemporary History
    • On 6 January 1950, the United Kingdom accorded diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China. This controversial action was the culmination of two years of intensive study by the British Foreign and Cabinet Offices. The Communist takeover of China in 1949 was a momentous event with far-reaching effects. It signalled the downfall of the Nationalist (Kuomintang) regime of Chiang Kai-shek, a recent wartime ally of the United Kingdom, and the assumption of power by a Communist government… CONTINUE READING
    View on SAGE
    14 Citations
    Background Citations
    1
    14 Citations
    Citation Type

    Citation Type

    India from Colony to Nation-State: A Re-Reading of India's Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia, c.1945-1955
    • PDF
    The position of Hong Kong in Britain's policy towards the two rival Chinese regimes during the early years of the cold war
    The British Perception
    • 1
    From Empire Defence to Imperial Retreat: Britain's Postwar China Policy and the Decolonization of Hong Kong
    • 13
    Anglo-American Relations and the Labour Government's ‘Scuttle’ from Abadan: a ‘Declaration of Dependence’?
    Joining the Club: the Japanese Question and Anglo-American Peace Diplomacy, 1950–1951
    • 5
    British business in China, 1860s-1950s
    • 8
    External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation: China, Indonesia, and Thailand, 1893-1952
    • 4
    • PDF
    The China Association: Fostering Trade, Networks and Sociability, 1889 to circa 1955
    • PDF
    Gough Whitlam and the politics of universal human rights

    References

    SHOWING 1-10 OF 26 REFERENCES
    Britain and the Rise of Communist China. A Study of British Attitudes 1945-1954
    • 4
    Relations Between China and Hong Kong and Communist Activities in Hong Kong. FO 371 /75779 through FO 371 /75783, 1949. —— Recognition of Communist Government
    • 1949
    Far East (Official) Committee. Meetings and Papers Relating to the Situation in China and Recognition of the People's Republic of China
    • CAB
    • 1948
    Nanking to FO. From September 1948 to January 1949 the Nationalist Government lost one and a half million troops, mainly as a result of its Manchurian campaign
    • FO 371/69524,
    • 1948
    United Kingdom. Cabinet Office. Military and Political Situation in China
    • CAB
    • 1947
    Outline of British Policy in East and Southeast Asia
    • (London 1950),
    • 1945
    —— Discussion of United Kingdom and United States Policies in China. CAB 129/36
    • CAB
    Chinese Bond-holder Commissioner to Under Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs
    • Cabinet
    Commissioner-General in Southeast Asia
    • C.P
    Consideration of Recognition of the Communists