This volume represents one of the first systematic attempts to ongoing Sino-American social, economic,
and political relations in the context of the Chinese government’s recent crackdown on domestic social
and political change. The book draws together a number of respected experts on China who argue that,
despite recent tensions between the United States and the PRC, relationships developed between the
two countries in a number of critical areas over the past two decades are far too important to remain
permanently obstructed.

This study presents a systematic and detailed assessment of what are the most salient challenges to
Sino-American relations now confronting policymakers in Washington and Beijing. Each contributor
offers a comprehensive and in-depth perspective for evaluating and adjusting United States policy
toward the Chinese following events in Tiananmen Square.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: Sino American Relations and Domestic Imperatives
1. The Bush Administration and China: The Development of a Post-Cold War China Policy
Robert S. Ross
2. China and the U.S. Congress: Policy Determinants and Constraints
Robert Sutter
3. Sino-American Relations and Human Rights: June 4 and the Changing Nature of a Bilateral
Relationship
David Zweig

Part Two: Functional Collaboration
4. The Future of China’s Industrialization Program: Why Should the United States Care?
Dorothy Solinger
5. American Trade Policy toward China
John Frankenstein
6. Minimizing Maximum Regrets: American Interests in Science and Technology Relations with China
Richard P. Suttmeier
7. The Role of Chinese Students at Home and Abroad as a Factor in Sino-American Relations
Stanley Rosen
8. Military Relations: Sanctions or Rapprochement?
June Dreyer

Part Three: Sino-American Relations in the New International Order
9. Domestic Responses to Retreat and Setbacks in the Soviet Union and China
Thomas P. Bernstein
10. Taiwan and Future Sino-American Relations
Harvey J. Feldman
11. The Strategic Triangle Revisited: Virtuous Geometry
Gerald Segal
12. Determinants of PRC Arms Control: Policies in the 1990s
Douglas T. Stuart
Contributors
Index

WILLIAM T. TOW is senior lecturer of international relations, Department of Government, University
of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.