The fate of Popular Cinema is a good indication of the fate of Chinese cinemamore generally.Only about 30，000ballots were reportedly collected for the "22ndOne Hundred Flowers Film Awards"in 1999，including both the printed and Web-basedvoting outlets.（29）Indeed ，one Chinese source reported that only 20，000ballots were cast in 1996.（30）Circul

　　"True Lies"followed quickly，opening in Beijing on April 20，and eventuallybringing in 102million yuan nationally ，a total succeeded in subsequent yearsonly by the massive success of "Titanic"in 1998.Although Forrest Gump ，the secondAmerican import in 1995，was a relative failure ，almost all the Hollywood importsin 1995and 1996were successful at

Stanley Rosen
　　Department of Political Science University of Southern California Los Angeles，Clifornia 90089-0044E-MAIL ：rosen@rcf.usc.edu
　　PROLOGUE
　　"'If only 1%of the people go and you only charge one-fiftieth of the admissionthat you'd charge here，you still get to some pretty big numbers ，'said Logsdon，who estimated

　On the other side of the ledger ，both China and Vietnam possessed less fully-developedlabour markets in urban areas than was common in Eastern Europe.Whereas employeesin the European socialist nations were accustomed to switching jobs in quest of better opportunities（in the USSR during the 1970s and early 1980s，every yearone industrial worker

Close to a decade after the collapse of the Communist states in Eastern Europeand almost as many years after the collapse of the Soviet Union ，the Communistparties in China and Vietnam are not only surviving ；they are firmly in the saddleand can look with some satisfaction to their recent records of economic performance.While their erstwhile Eur

　New China ‘s diplomacy in the early days displayed an obvious "extroversion，"as demonstrated by the concern and support for revolutionary movements outsideChina.In part this was inspired by the Chinese revolution，and the desire thatthe victory would have a great influence throughout the world ，or at least onChina ’s neighbors. However ，this "ex

The purpose of this article is to investigate the main characteristics of thediplomatic policy of New China during the period of its formation and its historicalimplications.
　　I."Leaning to One Side"and the Revolutionary Nature of New China‘s Diplomacy
　　The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China （CPC ）began to cons

　  33.For an expanded discussion of China's support for North Korea's nucleardiplomacy ，see John J.Tkacik ，Jr.，"Getting China to Support a DenuclearizedNorth Korea ，"Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No.1678，August 25，2003，
at www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/bg1678.cfm.
　　34.Private conversation with U.S.government off

　　In a January 2000article in Foreign Affairs，Robert Zoellick（now U.S.TradeRepresentative）chided President Clinton for taking a nine-day trip to China butpassing up Japan，a U.S.ally that China had just criticized for agreeing to newdefense guidelines with the U.S.93He also criticized Clinton for "failing to preparethe American public for China's

As of May 2003，China was still sellingmissile components and technology toIran. The United States responded by placing economic sanctions on China North IndustriesCorporation （NORINCO ），one of China's largest arms manufacturers， which directlyhalted over $100million in Chinese exports to the United States.55
　　On July 3，2003，the Bush A

　　By September 24，the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman signaled that Beijingwas "ready to study"American and British "proposals"that may be raised in theSecurity Council.26On October 25，President Jiang Zemin privately notified PresidentBush that China would not obstruct U.S.military action against Iraq，27and byNovember 8，China（like Syria）had

In the aftermath of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's December 8-10visit to Washington，Congress must take stock of the Bush Administration's concessions to China on theTaiwan issue and assess what the United States received in return for compromisingits commitment to Taiwan's democracy.A cold-eyed assessment of the U.S.-China relationshipsince the be

　Chinese Military Modernization and Its Implications for Taiwan
　　Chinas economy is now four times the size of Taiwans（$1.2trillion versus about$300billion）35and is growing faster （if you believe the official Chinese governmentdata， which some analysts find suspect）。That eco-nomic disparity could，atleast theoretically ，be turned into a

　U.S.Military Capabilities Compared with Those of China
　　 The Bush administrations national securi-ty strategy attempts to ensure Americanpri-macy by outspending other nations on defense many times over ，thus dissuadingthem from competing with the United States.The United States is already more powerfulmilitarily relative to other nati

Ivan Eland is director of defense policy studies at the Cato Institute and authorof Putting Defense Back into　U.S.Defense Policy ：Rethinking U.S.Security in the PostCold War World.
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