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Word: entrepot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under pressure from Washington, non-Communist shipments to Red China are dwindling. Example: in 1951, Malaya sent the Reds $32 million worth of natural rubber; last year, it sent practically none. Even Hong Kong's busy entrepot trade is quietly stagnating: monthly exports to the mainland dropped from $22.8 million in 1951 to $8.2 million last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BLOCKADE: Oil for the Jets of China | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

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