The Multi-party Game in the Rice Donation Collection of the Yangtze River Delta During the Period of the Republic of China
During the period of the Republic of China,there were many kinds of rice donations in the rice trade of the Yangtze River Delta,and the subjects and methods of collection were very different,which brought about the interest divergences and conflicts between different provinces,rice merchants,and even between rice merchants and the local governments.The existence of various rice donations was closely related to the developed rice trade in the Yangtze River Delta.In addition to creating rice donations independently,the Rice Association of Northern Shanghai and other rice business leagues joined hands with the Chamber of Commerce and other groups to fight against the government's repeated collection of rice donations,and eventually won partial or even total victory,which shows that at that time,the rice business leagues really played the role of spokesmen for the interests of the rice merchants.In early 1931,as the Nanjing National Government's policy of Caili Gaishui was put into practice,the rice donation was explicitly ordered to be stopped and cancelled,but it continued to exist in some places.
Period of the Republic of ChinaYangtze River DeltaRice DonationRice Business LeaguesLocal Government