摘要
THREE decades earlier most Chinese people would have regarded a romantic relationship with a foreigner as something beyond their imaginations, even actively seeking to avoid such a taboo scenario. However, as the opening-up and reforms nudged China into interacting with the outside world, societyhas begun to view this as a normal occurrence. Expats are no longer exotic and mysterious to ordinary Chinese people, and interracial couples have risen out of China's increasingly intemationalized society.
AS predicted by Chinese and foreign observers a year ago, Sino-U.S. relations have continued to "escalate" stably since the smooth transition from the Bush administration to