UC Irvine

As trade between the United States and the People's Republic of China begins to flow beneath the uplifted bamboo curtain, American businessmen face a rickshaw-full of challenges and opportunities. In this article, China-watcher Daniel Tsang puts Nixon's recent trade-with-China relaxation into realistic perspective; examines Chinese policies that could work for - or against - freer trade; analyzes the thinking of American businessmen toward trade with China, and offers some useful procedural guidelines for capitalizing on the no-longer-sleeping giant potential of the Chinese market.