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FROM NEWS DEPARTMENT

YOUR TELNO 1206: RADIO FOUR ON CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE

1. MINISTERS HAVE AGREED. RADIO 4 HAVE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING

PROGRAMME OUTLINE:

BEGINS

THE SIGNS ARE THAT WESTERN EXPORTERS HAVE FAILED TO UNDERSTAND

THE COMPLEXITIES AND DIFFICULTIES OF TRADE WITH CHINA. THE

BRITISH IN PARTICULAR HAVE FOUND IT TO BE AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS

WITH UNCERTAIN REWARDS.

2. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY CONCEDED SOFT LOANS TO

ASSIST BRITISH EXPORTERS TO CHINA, AND OFFICIALS OF BOTH BRITAIN

AND CHINA AGREE THAT RELATIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER.

3. BUT EVEN WHEN THE SEAL IS DRY ON CO-OPERATIVE JOINT VENTURES,

THE WORK IS JUST BEGINNING. AND THEN PROJECTS CAN RUN INTO

PROBLEMS. WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR BRITISH TRADERS IN CHINA

AND WHAT IS THE PRICE OF SUCCESS?

4. THIS PROGRAMME WILL EXPLORE SUCH AREAS AS:

EFFICIENCY IN A CHINESE FACTORY: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHINESE

WORKERS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT EXPERIMENTS WITH FOREIGN

NON-SOCIALIST MANAGEMENT THE FATE OF SOME OF THE MAJOR BRITISH

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