xvi { Acronyms
FTC Foreign Trade Company
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FAW First Auto Works
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
FRY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDR German Democratic Republic
G-7 Group of 7 (industrial countries)
HKSAR Hong Kong Special Autonomous Region
HSWP Hungarian Socialist Workers Party
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IC integrated circuit
ICC International Control Commission (Indochina)
ILD International Liaison Department
IMF International Monetary Fund
IOC International Olympic Committee
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IRI Islamic Republic of Iran
JDA Japan Defense Agency
JIG Joint Investigation Group (South Korea)
JMSDF Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
JSDF Japan Self Defense Force
JSP Japan Socialist Party
KMT Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China)
KWP Korean Worker’s Party (North Korea’s communist party)
LGTA Leading Group on Taiwan Affairs
M&E Machinery and Equipment
MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MFN Most Favored Nation
MIIT Ministry of Information Industry and Technology
MLP Medium and Long Range Plan
MOFERT Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade
MOFTEC Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
MOST Ministry of Science and Technology
MSS Ministry of State Security
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEBDA Northeast Border Defense Army
NEFA North East Frontier Agency (India)
NGO nongovernmental organization
NKCP North Kalimantan Communist Party
NKLL North Kalimantan Liberation League
NPA New People’s Army (Philippines)