Congress and China policy : past episodic, recent enduring influence

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Sutter, Robert G., author

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"Filling major gaps in assessing Congress in US policy toward China, this book compares bipartisan Congressional majorities resolutely defending America from serious contemporary Chinese challenges...

"Filling major gaps in assessing Congress in US policy toward China, this book compares bipartisan Congressional majorities resolutely defending America from serious contemporary Chinese challenges with past episodes of Congressional activism. It shows the majorities exerting unprecedented influence, likely to continue during the tenure of this large Congressional cohort"--

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 two hundred years, illustrating that Congress has recently been more important than ever before. 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 secondary or lesser importance as Congress 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 the United States from Chinese challenges have proven more resolute than the erratic practices of President Trump and previously dismissive President Biden, who later transitioned to 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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