自1980年代北京施行改革開放,美國的態度是基於一個承諾:與中國的貿易、接觸將促成和平民主的國家。作者詳述中國的作為並未被看透,以及美國可採取何種必要措施。
The United States' approach to China since the Communist regime in Beijing began the period of reform and opening in the 1980s was based on a promise that trade and engagement with America would result in a peaceful, democratic state.
Forty years later the hope of producing a benign People's Republic of China utte