[19971016]97-941_1997年10月1日中美峰会.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web97-941 FOctober 16, 1997China-U.S. Summit, October 1997Kerry DumbaughSpecialist in Asian AffairsForeign Affairs and National Defense DivisionSummaryDespite being troubled throughout much of the 1990s, U.S.-China relations haveimproved in recent months. On October 28, 1997, Chinas President, Jiang Zemin, willarrive in Washington D.C. for a summit meeting with President Clinton. It will be thefirst official Chinese state visit in the Clinton Administration, and the first time aChinese head of state has been in Washington D.C. since 1985. Unlike the unofficialNew York “summit” meeting between the two leaders in 1995, the 1997 summit standsto be more than symbolic. This year several agreements may be reached, including thecreation of a telephone “hotline,” and understandings on non-proliferation, nuclearcooperation, and military exchanges.Introduction and BackgroundU.S.-China relations have been troubled since the 1989 Tiananmen Squarecrackdown an event from which China has not yet been rehabilitated in American eyes.With an ambiguous policy direction from the executive branch, no c