the United States has always occupied a central position.
7. Ni Feng, “Guancha Zhongmei guanxi fazhan de sange weidu” [Three Dimensions to Observe the Development of China-U.S. Relations], Shijie Jingji Yu Zhengzhi 8 (2006): 26–31.
8. Francis Fukuyama, “America in Decay: The Sources of Political Dysfunction,” Foreign Affairs 93, no. 5 (September/October, 2014): 5–26. After the publication of Fukuyama’s Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014), Chinese scholars have written numerous articles reviewing and debating Fukuyama’s ideas and discuss the causes and consequences of America’s political decay. See, for example, Zhao Kejin, “Minzhu de kunhuo: Quanqiuhua shidai de Meiguo zhengzhi luoji” [The Puzzles of Democracy: The Logic of American Politics in the Era of Globalization], Meiguo Yanjiu [The Chinese Journal of American Studies] 1 (2015): 34–53.
9. Diao Daming, “2016 nian daxuan: Meiguo neizheng waijiao fengxiangbiao” [The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: The Barometer of America’s Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy], in Meiguo Yanjiu Baogao 2016: 2016 Nian Daxuan Yu Meiguo Neiwai Zhengce [Annual Report of American Studies, 2016: the 2016 Election and America’s Domestic and Foreign Policy], eds. Zheng Bingwen and Huang Ping (Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2016), 5–6.
10. Xie Tao, “A Chinese Perspective on the US Presidential Election,” The Diplomat, August 26, 2016, http://thediplomat.com/2016/08/a-chinese-perspective-on-the-us-presidential-election/.
11. Shen Dingli, “Election a Chance to Evaluate US Democracy,” Global Times, October 18, 2016, http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1012141.shtml.
12. For a Chinese perspective on the Thucydides Trap, see, for example, Mo Shengkai and Chen Yue, “The U.S.-China ‘Thucydides Trap’: A View from Beijing,” The National Interest, July 10, 2016, http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-us-china-thucydides-trap-view-beijing-16903?page=show. On the increasingly competitive nature of China-U.S. relations, one representative view was voiced by David Lampton, in his 2015 speech “A Tipping Point in U.S.-China Relations is Upon Us,” US-China Perception Monitor, May 11, 2015, http://www.uscnpm.org/blog/2015/05/11/a-tipping-point-in-u-s-china-relations-is-upon-us-part-i/.
13. Harry Harding, “Has U.S. China Policy Failed?,” The Washington Quarterly 38, no. 3 (2015): 95–122.
14. The American political drama was such a huge hit in China that even President Xi Jinping made a reference to it during his first state visit to the United States in September 2015. He used it again to reject claims that China’s anti-corruption campaign was in fact a “House of Cards” style of power struggle in 2016. See, Nick Gass, “Xi-Jiping House of Cards Joke,” Politico, September 23, 2015 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/xi-jinping-house-of-cards-joke-213961, and “China’s Xi Jinping Denies House of Cards Power Struggle but Attacks ‘Conspirators,’” The Guardian.com, May 3, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/04/china-xi-jinping-house-of-cards-attacks-conspirators.
15. Liu Xin, “Chinese Public Glued to US Election Debate for Entertainment,” The Global Times, October 20, 2016, http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1012765.shtml.
16. See, for example, Cheng Jing and Su Liuqiang, “Wangchao zhanzheng: ‘Bushi sanshi’ PK ‘Kelindun er’shi’” [The War Between Dynasties: “Bush the Third” vs. “Clinton the Second”], Shehui Guancha [Social Outlook] 8 (2015): 51–53 and Diao Daming, “2016 Meiguo daxuan: Kelindun jiazu PK Bushi jiazu?” [The 2016 U.S. Election: The Clinton Family vs. the Bush Family?], Shijie Zhishi 4 (2015): 48–49.
17. Zhang Xinning, “Ruhe lijie Meiguo 2016 nian daxuan zhong de “Shehuizhuyi” yinsu” [How to Understand the “Socialist Elements” in the 2016 U.S. Election], Dangdai Shijie Yu Shehui Zhuyi 2 (2016): 102–109.
18. Zhou Qi and Fu Suixin, “Shendu jiexi Meiguo daxuan zhong de ‘Telangpu xianxiang’ yu ‘Sangdesi xianxiang’” [Analysis of the Trump Phenomenon and the Sanders Phenomenon in the U.S. Presidential Election], Guoji Jingji Pinglun 3 (2016): 9–25.
19. See, for example, “Hillary Clinton Condemns Unfair Chinese Action on Steel Production, Pledges to Take On Chinese Trade Abuses as President,” hillaryclinton.com, April 11, 2016, https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2016/04/11/hillary-clinton-condemns-unfair-chinese-action-on-steel-production-pledges-to-take-on-chinese-trade-abuses-as-president/.
20. To the author’s knowledge, only one Chinese academic correctly predicted Trump’s victory. See, Jessica Myers, “How a Professor in China Predicted Trump’s Victory More Accurately than Most U.S. Pollsters,” Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2016, http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-pollster-20161114-story.html.
21. Yin Jiwu, “Shixi Xilali de zhengzhi xinli ji duihua zhengce pianhao” [An Analysis of Hillary Clinton’s Political Psychology and Her Policy Orientation toward China], Xiandai Guoji Guanxi 9 (2016): 20–26; 67.
22. Li Xinda, “Xilali de zhengzhi renge jiqi yingxiang” [Hillary Clinton’s Political Personality and Its Policy Implications], Guoji Yanjiu Cankao 6 (2016): 45–51.
23. Xiao An, “Yuce Xilali yidan dangxuan hou de duihua zhengce, yao bimian ‘lianpuhua’” [Predicting Clinton’s China Policy Must Avoid “Stereotypes”], Shijie Zhishi 21 (2016): 63–65.
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