ABSTRACT
I n Ju ly 1996, a second secretary of the U.S. embassy i n Bei j ing i n v i t e d three y o u n g Chinese for l u n c h at the Jianguo H o t e l . 1 These y o u n g people are co authors o f a recent ly pub l i shed , best-sel l ing b o o k i n Chinese en t i t l ed Zhongguo keyi shuo bu ( A C h i n a That C a n Say N o ) , 2 w h i c h is w i d e l y re ga rded as an a n t i - A m e r i c a n v o l u m e . The A m e r i c a n off ic ia l i nd ica ted that th is b o o k h a d al ready d r a w n the a t t en t ion of those concerned about SinoU.S. relat ions a n d w o u l d be read b y p o l i t i c a l leaders i n the U n i t e d States. One of the messages of the b o o k is, " J iduan m i n z u z h u y i b u k e q u , d a n m i n z u z h u y i ha i sh i yaode" (we do n o t need extreme na t iona l i sm, b u t w e d o need n a t i o n a l i s m ) . 3
This paper examines three basic t rends o f Chinese fo re ign p o l i c y i n the pos t -Co ld War era. I t concentrates o n the fo re ign relat ions of the People's Republ ic o f C h i n a (PRC) w i t h Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Southeast As ia , Russia, a n d the U n i t e d States, as w e l l as the issue of Ta iwan .
