Dr. Zhang Lijuan is a professor at School of Economics, Shandong University. Her current research fields are World Economy, Trade Policy, Commercial Diplomacy, US-China Relations.
China sold $34.2 billion in US treasury securities in December 2009, which brought up some concerns about how China is going to conduct bilateral relations with the U.S. in the future.
Zhang Lijuan: With 1.3 billion people relying on domestic farm products, to what extent China can develop its agriculture, will be decisive for China's sustainable development in the coming years.
Twenty years ago, Robert Putnam proposed the concept of a "two-level game" to describe the interaction between domestic and international politics. Today, China is playing a "two-level game" as it seeks to play a key role on major global issues at the international level while reinforcing and consolidating its domestic reform program.
Indeed, for trade policy making, domestic politics, rather than government, have been playing a key role in imposing trade measures for industry protection.