This collection includes papers on all aspects of the security relationship between the U.S. and the People's Rep. of China. Chapters: (1) commissioned research papers written by scholars at the Nat. Defense Univ., Brookings Inst., Law Offices of Stewart and Stewart, Manufacturing Policy Project, Inst. of the Center for Security Policy, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell Univ., and Inst. for Global Chinese Affairs, and Univ of Maryland; (2) translated materials by Chinese authors, taken from open sources on the Chinese Internet and from the Journals of the China Inst. of Contemporary Internat. Relations; and (3) selected briefings, papers and reports by scholars at Princeton Univ., Univ. of Pittsburgh, CRS, and the Dept. of State.

This report responds to the mandate for the Commission ¿to monitor, investigate, & report to Congress on the nat. security implications of the bilateral trade & economic relationship between the U.S. & the People¿s Republic of China.¿ Includes detailed treatment of investigations of the following areas: proliferation practices; economic transfers; energy; U.S. capital markets; regional economic & security impacts; U.S.-China bilateral programs; World Trade Organization compliance; & freedom of expression. The Comm. conducted its work through a comprehensive set of 7 public hearings, taking testimony from over 118 witnesses from Congress, the executive branch, industry, academia, policy groups, & other experts. Illustrations.