ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with an assumption that there existed in China at least the remnants of an integrated structure of values corresponding to the traditional teachings of Confucius. The Taiwan and Korea studies were initiated for the same reason. Quite the contrary, the factor structures were about the same in the United States, a country little touched by Confucian doctrine and one that has classically been contrasted with China. The results suggest that there have been some fundamental changes in Chinese values regarding these social relationships. The Sino-US comparisons show that American culture houses many values that are equivalent to the Confucian precepts signified in those Chinese value expressions. The domain of most clarity is male-female relationships. The Chinese respondents held a more restrictive posture than did the Americans concerning male-female sexual relationships. Values concerning family relationships are directly related to daily routines of life. In China, the family is still the basic unit of consumption, housing, child-care, and welfare.
