Onefindsi[10],thesameland”problems”hadbeendiscernedinChinalongbefore1949.[11]Why,then,didthereforminTaiwantakeplaceonlyafterthewar?ThestrikingsimilaritiesofreformregulationsinTaiwan,Japan,Korea,thePhilippines,andelse-where,andthefactthatallstartedbetween1946and1950,maysuggestthatthesereformswerepromptedbythe”influence”oftheUnitedStates.[12]But,thisforeign”influence”www.youxs.org”Land-to-the-TillerAct”hadbeenintroducedseveraltimes(forshortdurations)inChinabefore1800,
[1].SeeChengChen,LandReforminTaiwan(Taipei:ChinaPublishingCo.,1961),www.youxs.org.
[2].SeeHui-sunTang,LandReforminFreeChina(Taipei:Sino-AmericanJointCommissiononRuralReconstruction,1954),pp.”RegulationsGoverningtheLeaseofPrivateFarmLandsinTaiwanProvince.”In1947,asimilarrentalsharereductionhadbeenattemptedinafewprovincesinmainlandChina.
[3].SeeChen,LandReforminTaiwan,www.youxs.org;andTang,LandReforminFreeChina,pp.”FarmRentReductionAct.”TherulesofenforcementwereestablishedonFebruary2,,
[4].Chen,LandReforminTaiwan,www.youxs.org.
[5].SeeSino-AmericanJointCommissiononRuralReconstruction,”JCRRAnnualReportsonLandReformintheRepublicofChina,”positevolume,mimeographed(1965),
[6].ThemostprehensiverecordoftheprovisionsgoverningtheLand-to-the-TillerprogramisseeninChen,LandReforminTaiwan,pp.,seeJCRR,”AnnualReports,”
[7].www.youxs.org,”ImpactofLandReformonAgriculturalDevelopmentandRuralEmploymentinTaiwan,”(Taipei:Sino-AmericanJointCommissiononRuralReconstructionmimeographedpaper63-RED-M-176),www.youxs.org.
[8].Thesepointsarefoundin:Yen-tienChang.”LandReforminTaiwan,”(Taichung:DepartmentofAgriculturalEconomics,1954);ChengChen,AnApproachtoChinasLandReform(Taipei:ChengChungBookCompany,1951),;idemLandReforminFreeChina(Taipei:FreeChinaReview,1953),;idemRecordsofTaiwanLandReform(Taipei:ChungHwaBookCompany,1961),;HsioCheng,TheTheoryandPracticeofLandReforminChina(Taipei:ChineseResearchInstituteofLandEconomics,1953);JCRR,”AnnualReports,”;SidneyKlein,ThePatternofLandTenureReforminEastAsiaafterWorldWarII(NewYork:BookmanAssociates,1958),;Lin-FongPun,NewIdeasofChinaLandReform(Taipei:ChungWahCulturalPublishersAssociation,1957);Tang,LandReforminFreeChina,;www.youxs.org.,”LandReformandAgriculturalDevelopmentinTaiwan,”inLandTenure,IndustrializationandSocialStability:ExperienceandProspectsinAsia,www.youxs.org(Milwaukee:MarquetteUniversityPress,1961),www.youxs.org;andYoung-ChiTsui,”Land-UseImprovement:AKeytotheEconomicDevelopmentofTaiwan,”JournalofFarmEconomics(May,1962).ws.
[9].Seetheprecedingfootnote.
[10].Andinspiteofallclaims,evidencehasyettobefou,tomyknowledge,haveoccurredonlyinperiodsandlocationsinwhich(1)propertyrightswerehardlyenforced,(2)thetaxationwasallegedlyhigh,or(3)inflation,byraisingtherelativepriceofland,effectedaredistributionofineinfavoroflandowners.
[11].See,forexample,Tang-YuenChen,SystemsofLandTenureinChina(Shanghai:CommercialPress,1932),;RoNagamu,AStudyofLandSysteminChina(Chinesetranslation,Shanghai:KuoKwong,1934);Han-ShengChen,LandlordandPeasantinChina(Shanghai:KellyandWalsh,1936);ChungSenDepartmentofEducation,PapersonLandRentProblemsinChina(Shanghai:CommercialPress,1937);Lin-HoKim,AStudyoftheEconomicsofChineseFarmingVillages(Shanghai:ChungWahBookStore,1937);,LandandLabourinChina(London:www.youxs.org);InstituteofPacificRelations,AgrarianChina,SelectedSourceMaterialsfromChineseAuthors(Shanghai:KellyandWalsh,1938);Quan-ChungYu,LandSystemsandRegulationsinChina(Szechwan:NationalSzechwanUniversity,1944),;andthewritingsofYet-SenSun.