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      "title": "Technology, Trade, and Security Issues Between the United States and the People's Republic of China: A Trip Report, August 1997",
      "summary": "From August 12th through August 20th, 1997, a congressional staff delegation visited the\nPeople's\nRepublic of China. This report provides the research findings of this group, which was sponsored\nby the U.S.-Asia Institute, and was the 37th such trip undertaken since 1979 to increase the\nunderstanding between the two nations. The U.S. group was comprised of seven congressional staff\nfrom the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the Congressional Research Service. The\ndelegation met with Chinese industry and business leaders in Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, and Hong\nKong. The group also met with several U.S. State Department officials and representatives of U.S.\nindustry doing business in China. \n  The meetings focused on many policy issues. However, three themes emerged during the two\nweeks of discussions: technology, trade, and security issues between the two countries. Since\nAugust 1997, technology, trade, and security issues have become more prominent and perhaps more\ncontentious. Several of the specific issues discussed, such as the trade imbalance between the United\nStates and China (and the composition of that trade), China's membership in the World Trade\nOrganization (WTO) and Most Favored Nation (MFN) status with the United States, and human\nrights issues as a form of international diplomacy and relations, are still important concerns between\nthe two nations\n  In Beijing, discussions with Chinese officials, U.S. business representatives, and U.S.\nDepartment of State staff focused on overall technology, trade, and security issues between the two\ncountries. These included the merchandise trade deficit that the United States has with China, the\ngrowth and trend of the deficit, China's Membership in the World Trade Organization, Most Favored\nNation status with the United States, and linking trade policy to non-trade issues, such as human\nrights. Discussions in Beijing also concerned technology transfer and proliferation issues between\nthe two countries. In Xi'an, the political and cultural history of China put many of the PRC's\ncurrent issues into perspective. High technology development and agricultural trade issues were also\ndiscussed. In Shanghai, technology and capital formation, the roles of state-owned enterprises and\nmultinational enterprises, and telecommunications and the growth of the Internet were topics of\ndiscussion. In Hong Kong, the turnover of the island from British to Chinese rule, political freedom, \nand territorial sovereignty issues were discussed.\n  \n  Technology, trade, and security issues continue to be important components of the relationship\nbetween the two countries. Important issues and developments since August 1997 have included\nPresident Jiang's visit to the United States, an economic slowdown in Asia, a worsening trade\nbalance between the two nations, technology transfer and proliferation issues, and President\nClinton's visit to China in June 1998.",
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    "Economic Policy",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Internet and Telecommunications Policy"
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