This reference provides descriptions and contact addresses for over 2500 national and international communications systems and services. The range of systems and services covered includes: voice and data communication services, local area networks, teleconferencing facilities, videotext and e-mail.

Emphasizing reference works published since 1964, these volumes cover books, periodicals, and inclusions (i.e., chapters in edited volumes) on the 1911 Revolution, the Republic of China (1949--), post-1911 Taiwan, post-1911 Hong Kong and Macao, and post-1911 overseas Chinese.

Each issue includes a classified section on the organization of the Dept.

Paints a detailed landscape of the new reality confronting American businesses and citizens in an insightful analysis of how entrepreneurship is being undermined today by the growing power of China's economy, as well as because of contemporary U.S. business practices and government regulation.