"This study attempts to analyze the organization of book and periodical publishing in China from 1949 to the end of 1964, with particular reference to publications in the naturel, applied, and social sciences." Introduction. It gives as much information as could be obtained from sources at Hong Kong about the structure of the industry, the size of publishing houses, the relative amounts of literature published in minority and foreign languages, and the relative amounts published by subjects. It also deals with distribution systems - retail, direct, and through libraries. Contains four appendixes, a bibliography, and an index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1085)