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.