.... The success of famine relief was secured by the professionalization and specialization of the rice business. The nexus of the Canton and Hong Kong rice trade could provide the most professionalized and specialized rice relief. The Canton Food Relief Association under Jian...

...This chapter evaluates the Guomindang province's attempt to improve domestic rice consumption in Canton through the construction of the Canton-Hankow Railway. Once the Canton-Hankow Railway was complete, their technocratic triumphalism blinded their eyes to the complexity of the rice trade...

... understanding of the rice trade led in a series of fatal effects. The South China Rice Trading Corporation (SCRTC) brought reconciliation between Canton's foreign-rice merchants and national-rice merchants in the rice-producing provinces. It would also monopolize all aspects of the foreign-rice trade centered...

... changes per se than from politicians' and profiteers' deliberate manipulations. Shakee Street was Canton's foreign concession. The foreign-rice trade was the dominant business in the Shakee Rice Market. It is shown that food security in Canton became a political issue around which various forms...

...This chapter reviews the formation of the famous Cantonese food culture and the emergence of preferences for certain varieties of rice, mainly Southeast Asian varieties. Cantonese consumer demands resulted in the blossoming of a worldwide rice trade. It is also noted that Canton depended on trade...