layered dependency not working w term reference

I'm assuming this problem arises from an incompatibility; I'm not sure.

i have an issuing entity type - country or organization. If country selected, then the country list is displayed.
Country list (using hierarchical select format, although 'China' is a top level term) should trigger the next field - 'Chinese classifications' ONLY if the country is China. And similarly, show 'Document Types' if the country is NOT China.

I have set Classifications to show only if Country has the value '111' which is the term id for the China term. I have had issues with using the select widget so I've been sticking to values. I've tried various combinations of settings for the dependency, and nothing seems to work for this country field controlling another field (i'm guessing because Country itself is already controlled?).

This walk through of having several layers of dependency is exactly what I'm trying to do.
http://codekarate.com/daily-dose-of-drupal/drupal-7-conditional-fields-m...

I can have the issuing entity type trigger successfully (Issuing entity type is not being controlled by a dependency). But the Country field will not trigger the other fields.
The country, Chinese Classification, and Document Type fields are ALL term reference fields.

Layers of dependency should be working. I am using jQuery version 1.8. I have the modules: Hierarchical Select, Internationalization, Entity, Panels, Workbench Access and other related modules.