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DESCRIPTION:This paper examines how French colonial intervention in rice ex
 ports during Asia’s rice crisis of 1919 created institutional conditions
  that facilitated speculation and contributed to the rise of Vietnamese na
 tionalism. In 1919\, international rice trade tightened sharply\, and food
  shortages became acute across Asia. Major rice-exporting regions\, includ
 ing Burma\, Siam\, and southern Vietnam (Cochinchina)\, imposed export res
 trictions. In Cochinchina\, the colonial government introduced a rice expo
 rt quota between February and August and suspended private exports from Se
 ptember.\n\nUnder this regime\, an anti-Chinese campaign erupted in Saigon
  in late August and spread to other cities in Indochina. Previous studies 
 have emphasized the role of Vietnamese-owned newspapers in shaping public 
 opinion\, highlighting how Chinese traders were portrayed as profiting fro
 m the crisis through speculative activities. However\, such speculation oc
 curred within the institutional framework of export control established by
  the colonial state. This paper\, therefore\, shifts attention to the desi
 gn and operation of that framework\, drawing on archival records of the Ri
 ce Export Control Commission.\n\nEstablished in February 1919\, the Commis
 sion calculated monthly export quotas and issued licenses\, allocating the
 m at a two-to-one ratio between French and Chinese firms. While justified 
 by the need to secure supplies for France after World War I\, exports to F
 rance proved impractical due to high transport costs. Meanwhile\, strong d
 emand in other Asian markets increased the value of export licenses. The g
 ap between institutional design and market realities generated a license p
 remium\, encouraging resale. Chinese merchants facilitated exports through
  license reselling\, financing premiums either through commissions or by l
 owering the prices paid to Vietnamese producers. This system intensified r
 ural hardship and\, once exposed in the press\, contributed to mounting na
 tionalist resentment that culminated in the anti-Chinese campaign.
DTSTAMP:20260412T124027Z
LOCATION:Room 302 (Seats 48)
SUMMARY:Politics of the Rice Export Controls: the Colonial Market Intervent
 ion and the Anti-Chinese Campaign in 1919 Southern Vietnam - Masahiro Iked
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