On The Interest Groups' Influence On The American Policies About China In The Post-Cold War Era

Interest group is a group that is made of the people who share the common interests. It influences some of the decisions made by government through different strategies and tactics in order to realize its ideal. The American politic system which is the separation of three powers doesn't permit that interest groups decide the foreign policies directly but only indirectly such as by means of lobbying and other strategies or influence on the decision makers-president, government officers or congressmen and drawing up or executing of the foreign policies. By these means, they try their best to influence the decision of congress and government for satisfying their own interests.In the period of Cold War president is the major role in American policy decision while the interest group's influence is tiny. However, in the Post-Cold War era interest groups influence the American policies about China in all fields, such as the problem of Non-discriminative Treatment of Product, Human rights and Taiwan issues.Congress and government play decisive role in American policies about China while they are contained by various interest groups and sometimes have to compromise. As the different influences of various interest groups, American policies about China always appear vacillated.In Chinese diplomatic relations, America plays a very important role. In order to smooth mutual frictions and understand each other more, China should strengthen the communication with American congressmen in the range of law and made American publics know China more. The non-government organizations can play more important role in Sino-American relations and they will exert a positive and profound influence.