Congress Factors Analysis In The U.S. Arms Sales To Taiwan

As an important pole in the political system of separation of powers, the impact of the Congress on U.S. foreign policy can’t be ignored. The U.S. Constitution grants the Congress a lot of power, so the Congress can have big operation space to play its unique role in U.S. foreign policy. This has important guiding significance for us to study the Sino-US relations. Because we lack of communication and understanding for the Congress, and there is a long-term power which is hostile to Chinese Mainland and support for Taiwan, so resulting in the U.S. Congress plays a negative role in the process of Sino-US relations. The arms sales to Taiwan is the substantive issues of the Sino-US relations, and is also the crux of the problem affecting the development of relations between the two sides, precisely encounter this issue, Congress will actively participate and take a variety of means and measures to ensure the arms sales to Taiwan motion through. In general, the U.S. Congress is the negative factors affecting the issue of arms sales to Taiwan.Since the inauguration of President Obama, the U.S. and China power makes a slight change because of the impact of the financial crisis. Affected by this, the impact of the111th Congress and the112th Congress on Sino-US relations is also showing a complex and ever-changing characteristic. In short, the U. S. Congress plays negative effect greater than the positive in the development of Sino-US relations, especially the issue of arms sales to Taiwan.This article focuses on the Congress factors in the U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, and is divided into five chapters to analysis. The first chapter makes a brief introduction for the origin of the issue of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the procedure of the arms sales to Taiwan and overview and new features during the111th and the112th Congress. The second chapter provides a brief analysis of the status and role of the U.S. Congress in the arms sales to Taiwan. The third chapter analyzes the main way of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan in five aspects. The fourth chapter makes a deep insight into the main factors influencing the Congress push arms sales to Taiwan from the internal and external factors. The fifth chapter puts forward countermeasures for the U.S. Congress to play a negative role in the issue of arms sales to Taiwan:(1) strengthen the regular exchange mechanism between China’s NPC and the U.S. Congress;(2)enhance communication with members of the U.S. Congress through various channels;(3) strengthen the lobbying of the U.S. Congress.