Journal paper

Issue No.	No. 58
Title	The Agricultural Crisis and the British-Japanese Grain Shipping Line Competition in the Asian International Sea Area in the Early 1930s
Author	Lee, Yu-ping
Page	151-200
Abstract	This article addresses the relation between international shipping and grain harvests during the early 1930s. During the early 1930s there were abundant food harvests worldwide, and many nations that previously relied on shipping for their staple foods were able to become more self-sufficient. Freight tonnage across international shipping routes fell sharply, allowing regional navigation routes to gain the ascendancy. As a result the great food harvests of the early 1930s caused a reshaping of international trade routes. In East Asia, Japanese shippers were able to take advantage of their proximity to China; the business of Japan flourished, allowing Japan to climb out of the Great Depression more quickly, and made the Japanese empire expand. By contrast, British shipping for grain to East Asia fell sharply, a decline that contributed to the demise of British imperialism.
Keyword	1930s, The Great Depression, Agricultural Crisis, Wheat, Rice, Shipping line, Britain, Japan, China
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