On the 2002 U. S. Mid-Term Election Zhang Yanyu and Wang Wenfeng are both assistant research professors at the Division for American Studies in China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

The first mid-term election of the U. S. in the new century took place on November 5, 2002. One third of the senators from the 107th Congress (34 out of 100), all representatives (435), 36 state governors, and numerous local officials and legislators were to be elected or reelected. The resounding victory of the GOP in the congressional elections and the fact that the Democrats only got three more.

“Taiwan Security Enhancement Act”is a Dangerous Political Bill

On February 1st, the US House of Representatives openly passed the so-calledTaiwan Security Enhancement Act" (TSEA), in disregard of the Chinesegovernment’s firm opposition and solemn representation, the overall situation ofUS-China relations and the accepted criterion of international relations. It not onlycrudely infringes China’s sovereignty but also tremendously undermines the recov-ering relations between the US and China. The Chinese government has shown itsstrong indignation and objection to it.

TOWARD A 21ST CENTURY-ORIENTED SINO-US STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

Consensus has been reached on a broad range of issues between China andin striving for a lasting,stable,bilateral relationship during the firststate visit in 12 years by China’s head of state to the United States. The recentJiang-Clinton Summit plus the Sino-US Joint Statement jump-started the endeav-ors toward a constructive strategic partnership oriented to the 21st century. Indeedwhat lies in store for the relationship across the Pacific Ocean in the unfolding.

Thoughts on Current China-U. S. Relations

Aheated debate arose on the nature of China-U. S. relations among scholars inthe two countries. Are the two "strategic partners"? "Competitors"? "Neitherfriends nor enemies"? Or even "Potential enemies"? But largely since 1997, alongwith the establishment of the framework for "a constructive strategic partnership",the definition seems to has been accepted by the mainstream in the Chinese academ-ic circle. By contrast, Governor George. W. Bush, the Republican

Viewing U. S. China Policy from PNTR

After the U.S. House of Representatives approved China’s permanent normaltrade relations(PNTR) bill on May 24by a vote of 237-197, the Senate finallypassed the bill overwhelmingly on September 19 by a vote of 83-15, and PresidentBill Clinton signed it into law on October 10, terminating the U. S. practice of re-viewing China’s "most-favored-nation(MFN)" status on an annual basis in thepast 20 years. It is a great event with profound meanings in China-U. S. relations.

Globalization versus US Strategy

Globalization has become a buzzword across the world in recent years. Threereasons explain the phenomenon. First, the deepening globalization in an ever-widening scope comes fromcloser economic interaction and thickening cross-border factor movements, as na-tions are shifting their strategic concern to economic matters in these post-ColdWar days. Soaring world trade, foreign direct investments and multinationals.WTO-induced better rules of game. a new, brewing inter-national financial orderout of lessons from the Asian financial contagion, the launching of the

US Election and Sino-US Relations

The general elections in the United States this year will elect the first presidentin the new millennium, a third of the senators (34) and all the 435 house rep-resentatives. The event will have a historic importance in the annals of the nationbecause involved will not only be the political fortune and strategic direction of theDemocratic and the Republic Parties but also changes in US foreign policy, Chinapolicy in particular.

The US Mid-Term Election in 2018 and Its Political and Social Impacts

The US mid-term election is a“mid-term exam”for the Trump administration.In the context of accelerated political polarization and social division in the U.S.,the contest between the two major parties has tended to be more fierce,and the intensity of“political violence”during the election,the huge election expenses and the high level of voter mobilization have never been seen over the past decades.