The fly in the ointment? Chinese dissent and US-China relations

Author: Jean-Philippe Béja

Source: The Pacific Review, Volume 16, Number 3, September, 2003 , pp. 439-453(15)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

After the Tiananmen massacre of 4 June 1989 many Chinese pro-democracy activists have been able to settle in the USA. They have attempted to federate all the opposition forces overseas in an organization which aimed at influencing the US government's policy toward China. However, plagued by factionalism, the opposition in exile has not been able to put to an efficient use the capital of sympathy that it enjoyed at the time of Tiananmen. After the failure of political organizations, Chinese dissidents have created NGOs which are regularly consulted by the Administration and the Congress. Since the mid-eighties, they represent a substantial factor in the making of American policy towards China.

Keywords: China; dissident; pro-democracy movement; opposition in exile; Human Rights; US-China relations; NGOs

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0951274032000090431

Affiliations: 1: Centre for International Research (CERI), Paris, France

Publication date: 2003-09-01

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