Same Bed, Different Dreams
Subtitle: Managing U.S.- China Relations, 1989-2000 (A Philip E. Lilienthal Book)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 11, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9780520215900
Subjects: International institutions; c 1990 to c 2000; U.S. - China Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; China; USA; United States; International Relations - General; Political Science / General; Foreign relations
First sentence: From the time George Bush was sworn in on January 20, 1989, until Bill Clinton approached the end of his two-term presidency more than a decade later, U.S.-China relations experienced four particularly tense periods during which the convergence of events, particular leaders, and international and domestic circumstances pushed the relationship in new directions.
Description: "The title of this unique, insider's look at a crucial decade of Sino-American interchange derives from a Chinese expression that describes a relationship of two people whose lives are intimately intertwined but who do not fundamentally communicate with each other. David M.

Lampton, former president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, demonstrates that while the United States and China have enormous interests at stake in their bilateral relationship, neither has been particularly deft in dealing with the other. His fascinating account shows how the processes of globalization, along with the development of international regimes and multilateral organizations, have brought America and China increasingly close in the global bed.

At the same time, their respective national institutions, interests, and popular perceptions, and the very characters of their two peoples, assure that the nations continue to have substantially different dreams.".

"Lampton explores the reasons why the Sino-American relationship is so difficult for both nations to manage and suggests ways it can be more effectively conducted in the future.

His unique experience in China - nearly thirty years as a scholar, as the head of policy-oriented exchange organization, and as director of Washington think tank research programs - enabled him to spend extended periods with Chinese leaders and see them as they encountered America, as well as to observe US leaders as they tried to come to grips with Chinese circumstances.

Lampton witnessed firsthand the aftermath of Tiananmen Square, successive congressional battles over most-favored-nation tariff treatment, the end of the Bush era and the rocky beginning of the Clinton administration, the death of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin's transition to power, the reversion of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, and the Asian financial crisis that unfolds from mid-1997 to the end of the decade, among many other key events.".

"Lampton's careful documentary research is supplemented by interviews and accounts of his personal interaction with leaders and key players in Washington, Beijing, Taipei, and Hong Kong throughout the period. The book thus represents a singular combination of historical research, policy analysis, and personal observation, and offers guidance for those in both America and China who must shape this critical relationship in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.