David Lampton
David Lampton
David M. Lamptonis George and Sadie Hyman Professor and Director of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studiesand Chairman of The Asia Foundation. He is Former President of the National Committee on United States-China Relations in New York City from 1988-1997. From May 1998 to May 2006 he also was affiliated with The Nixon Centeras the founding director of its Chinese Studies Program. Prior to 1988, Dr. Lampton was founding director of the...
both sides trying
Both sides are trying to keep this thing well on the tracks.
leaders looking neither nor problem
We've got two besieged leaders in their own way, and neither one is looking to be a problem to the other, nor does he want the other to become a problem.
printed record
They see a printed record here that is negative.
congress counts policy
And suddenly, as nothing before had for the Chinese, this indicated that the Congress really counts in American policy process.