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Congress and China Policy
Past Episodic, Recent Enduring Influence
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2023
Summary
Congress and China Policy: Past Episodic, Recent Enduring Influence supports findings that bipartisan majorities in Congress have been instrumental in driving the fundamental shift in American policy toward China carried out during the past six years. Filling major gaps in the inadequate treatment of Congress in assessments of US policy toward China, this book compares recent Congressional influence with the episodes of Congressional activism in China policy over the past 200 years, showing Congress recently has been more important than ever. The findings also show that partisan politics, Congressional-executive competition for policy control, swings in public and media opinion, and influences by special interests—longstanding drivers of past Congressional involvement in China policy—have been of secondary or lesser importance as the Congressional members have grappled with the acute dangers posed by Chinese economic, security and governance challenges. Steady and determined efforts by this cohort of bipartisan Congressional majorities to defend America from Chinese challenges have proven more resolute than the erratic practices of President Trump and previously dismissive Joseph Biden who came late to a tougher policy. This volume forecasts that US policy will remain heavily influenced by these members as they serve out their terms in the years ahead.
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Edition
1/2023
Copyright Year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-2948-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-2949-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
291
Product Type
Monograph
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 1: Congressional Activism in China Policy before the Nixon-Mao Opening No access Pages 13 - 38
Chapter 2: Congress and the Nixon-Mao Opening and Rapprochement No access Pages 39 - 74
Chapter 3: Congress Resists as Carter Advances Engagement No access Pages 75 - 122
Chapter 4: Congress and Reagan Administration China Policy No access Pages 123 - 146
Chapter 5: Congress and China Policy with George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton No access Pages 147 - 176
Chapter 6: Congress and China Policy with George W. Bush and Barack Obama No access Pages 177 - 214
Chapter 7: Congress and America’s Negative Turn against China, 2017–2023 No access Pages 215 - 260
