Progress in Chinese Agriculture

Chao Kuo-chün, while serving as Visiting Professor and Head of the East Asia Department at the Indian School of International Studies, University of Delhi, visited China during May-July, 1960. Some of the impressions he gathered on the trip are included in this article. A more detailed discussion of the Chinese agrarian problems may be found in his recent book Agrarian Policy of the Chinese Communist Party, 1921-1959 (IPR, N.Y., September, 1960, 399 pages). Dr. Chao is also the author of several other volumes on contemporary China, as well as a regular contributor to academic journals in America, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Western Europe.