Glaucoma in China.

The motivation for this paper is that, having come from China, a country which had closed herself to the outside world for three decades, I thought it might be interesting to compare glaucoma in the two countries. Since I am from only a municipal hospital of a small city Hangzhow (a sister city of Boston), whatever I say can only be accepted as personal view points. Presently I have this wonderful opportunity to be a research fellow at the world wide famous Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School. The comparison therefore may not be exactly appropriate but may help to see where my country stands, what we have, what we lack and what goals to strive for to better the health of China. There may be some confusing terms in this paper such as 'Liberation', 'Cultural Revolution', etc. Table 1 may help give a clearer conception.