Publisher's Synopsis
A collection of essays from presenters in the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the United States (ACPSS) at the University of Maryland, 1995. They include nine papers on economic issues and six papers on educational issues, covering topics such as land reform, oil import policy, status perception, health care insurance systems, educational reform since 1978, compulsory education, and a cross-cultural study in mainland China, Taiwan and the USA.