Chapter
Age and Term Limits for Official Positions
Emphasis on Long-Term Planning
Emphasis on Political Stability
Governance Challenges in the Chinese Political System
“Stove-Piping” and Bureaucratic Competition
The Distorting Influence of Bureaucratic Rank
Weak Rule of Law and Ineffective Policy Implementation and Enforcement
China’s Political Institutions in Detail
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
The National People’s Congress (NPC)
The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
The Minor Political Parties
Traditional Media, New Media, and a Wired Citizenry
Official and Quasi-Official Research Institutes
Officially-Sponsored Associations and Societies
Chinese Authorities’ View of Political Reform
U.S. - China Relations: Policy Issues*
Overview of U.S.-China Relations
Obama Administration Policy Toward China
Developments in U.S.-China Relations
Chinese Military Modernization
Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes
U.S. Military Operations in China’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
U.S. Strategic Rebalancing Toward the Asia-Pacific
The U.S.-China Military-to-Military Relationship
Curbing Iran’s Nuclear Program
U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan
Global Rebalancing and China’s 12th Five-Year Plan
The Bilateral Trade Deficit
China’s “Indigenous Innovation” Policies
China’s Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
China’s Holdings of U.S. Treasuries
China’s Compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) Commitments
Climate Change and Clean Energy Cooperation
The 2011 State Department Human Rights Report on China
U.S.-China Dialogues on Human Rights
U.S. Assistance to China118
U.S.-China Diplomacy over Chinese Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng*
The Chen Guangcheng Case and the Place of Human Rights in U.S.-China Relations
Understandings between the United States and China over Chen Guangcheng
The First Set of Understandings
The Subsequent Understanding
Background on Chen Guangcheng
The Status of Chen’s Family and Supporters in China
Relatives of Chen Guangcheng
Lawyers Who Have Offered Legal Assistance to Chen Kegui36
Further Policy Considerations
Appendix. Timeline of Events in the Chen Guangcheng Case
China: Politics, U.S. Relations and the Chen Guangcheng Affair
( China in the 21st Century )
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