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MEMORANDUM ON THE BRITISH PROTECTION OF
COMPANIES IN CHINA
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
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regulation (Evil 4 to (1)
53660/36.H.K.)
H. K.
2) encloswes to (8) a 53680/36 (memorandum draft order i
Connied by H.K. Attorney Gewal Whe attached
FURTHER ACTION.
Sir John Brenan's proposals for
the amendment of the Orders in Council
dealing with the protection of British
are
companies in China appear to be intimately
connected with the present state of British
trade in that country, and also with the
difficulty which Chinese living in British
Rom Colonies, i.e., mainly Straits Settlements
Chinese, find in obtaining denationalisation
certificates.
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At present British trade in China
is suffering heavily from German and
Japanese competition, and Sir Frederick
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that Leith Ross and others are endeavouring to
(should be given encourage an increased supply of credit for
the purchase of capital goods from this
country. Mr. Beale, the Commercial
Counsellor at Shanghai, remarks in his
memorandum (see enclosure to (40) on 15314/36
General Economic) that British channels of
trade in China are tending to decrease in
with
number, and that/ some outstanding exceptions they do not compare favourably with their German
competitors, i.e., not merely are the prices
of British goods being undercut, but the
supply of British technical and business
experts resident in the country is
insufficient.
It would seem, therefore,
that