论富布赖特在推动美国对华外交政策转变中的作用

On the Important Role of Fulbright in the Transform of the Foreign Policy of USA to China

美国的政治体制和安排决定了参议院外交委员会主席能够对美国外交政策发挥举足轻重的影响。富布赖特在担任参议院外交委员会主席期间曾主持参议院"越南听证会"和"中国听证会",向政府决策者和普通公众更全面地展示中国,帮助他们正确地认识中国,他主持的听证会在美国社会引起了强烈反响。可以毫不夸张地说,富布赖特的"中国听证会"为中美关系解冻起到了积极的推动作用。

The American political system and execution determine that the chairman of the diplomatic committee of the Senate can play an important role in the American foreign policy. Fulbright, when serving as the chairman of the diplomatic committee of the Senate, presided over 'the Vietnamese Hearings' and 'the Chinese Hearings' and exhibited China to the policy-maker of the government and the public in order to help them know China correctly. The hearings that he chaired aroused an intense reflection. Fulbright's 'Chinese hearings' played a very active role in the thawing of the Sino-America relationship.