Number: RL30350
Title: CHINA AND THE 105TH CONGRESS: POLICY ISSUES AND LEGISLATION, 1997-1998
Authors: Kerry Dumbaugh, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: The 105th Congress was especially active on issues involving China. This report tracks trends in and legislation considered by the 105th Congress including the following issues: prison conditions in China and prison labor exports; coercive abortion practices; China's policies toward religion, and more general human rights issues; Taiwan's entry into the World Trade Organization; the U.S. role in helping Taiwan with a theater missile defense system; China's missile proliferation activities; Radio Free Asia broadcasting to China; China's participation in multilateral institutions; and the activities of China's military and intelligence services. Finally, the report discusses multiple-issue bills, such as the Foreign Relation Authorization Act, the China Policy Act, and the U.S.-China Relations Act, which combine some, or even most, of these issues..
Pages: 22
Date: Updated October 21, 1999