TECHNOLOGY FOR CHINA: TOO MUCH TOO FAST?

The United States must compete with Japan and Western Europe to establish relations with Chinese industry. As the Chinese improve the quality of products ranging from textiles to electronics and increase their exports, they themselves will compete on world markets. The U. S. government wants to improve relations with China. However, in their concern over diplomatic issues, policymakers often pay too little attention to bargaining over the thing the Chinese most desire from the United States: technology.