ABSTRACT
No scholar to my knowledge has applied the new institutionalism to the study of congressional policy-making toward China. Moreover, a few scholars have conducted analyses of roll call voting on U.S.–China relations, but the scope and depth of these studies are rather limited. Last but not least, instead of comparing roll call voting across different countries and issues, previous studies tend to focus on what I called “country-blind” general legislation. This book is an attempt to make significant contributions to the three aspects of research on congressional foreign policy-making.
