During The Clinton Administration, The U.s. Congress In U.s. Policy Toward Taiwan

The Taiwan issue is the real problem in Sino-US relations, and the sensitivity and specificity make our research become more complicated. U.S. Congress as an important part in the U.S. political system of separation of the three powers, influences the foreign policy a lot. This paper mainly discusses the influence of Congress in U.S. policy toward Taiwan in the Clinton administration from both domestic factors and external factors.In the Clinton administration, US-Taiwan relations were close, while Sino-US relations experienced twists. But if we analyze from the perspective of domestic politics, particularly take the U.S. Congress and the Taiwan issue as starting points, the context will be clear. First of all, the paper introduces the system of U.S. Congress and its interaction with the administration. Then some regular factors are summarized from case studying. At last, feasible suggestions are put forward.The U.S. Congress and the Administration are on behalf of different interests. In the policy toward Taiwan, various interest groups, including the Taiwan authorities, the U.S. military industrial enterprises, Taiwan's Chinese-American descent and so on, affect the final decision. In addition, there are also mutual lobbying and mutual compromise between the Congress and the Administration. On one hand, it reflects that U.S. foreign policy is influenced by various factors, especially domestic political factors. On the other hand, it also provides a buffer in policy-making process to ensure that the U.S. foreign policy is in line with the needs of its national interests in maximum.