AMERICAN STUDIES Spring 1999，Vol. 13, No. 1 ARTICLES CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES: TWODECADES SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINA-US DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS STANDARDSZi Zhongyun(7) On the 20th anniversary of the establishment of China-U.S. diplomatic relations, the article compares its development in the first decade with that in the secon d. The convergence of interests as the basis for the relationship remains unchan ged despite the drastic changes in its strategic background resulting from the t urbulence in the world situation. With the advent of the information era and the accelerating economic globalization, China-U.S. relations are faced with fundam ental changes. New thoughts and attitudes are thus required to meet the challeng es and to accomplish a constructive strategic partnership. AMERICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY IN THE 20TH CENTURYLi Jianming (17) Investigating the development of American historiography, the author holds that four major trends of thought have appeared successively in this century, namely, the progressive, the neo conservative, the new-left and the new American. Meanw hile, along with the influence of social sciences on American historiography, hi storical studies are more and more focusing on specific topics. The impact of so cial sciences and the fragmentation of topics are lowering the macro-comprehensi veness of the studies. This is the reason why few great works of world-wide sign ificance on American history however been published in the 20th century. “NEW COLD-WAR HISTORY” AND THE TREND OF THOUGHT AMONG AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC HISTORIANSDai Chaowu (38) With the post-Cold-War declassification of government files, American diplomatic historians began the studies of "new Cold War history". They stress "the divers ification of forces" and the research on multinational files, investigate U.S. a nd Soviet ways of building their respective "empires," bring to light Soviet res ponsibility for the Cold War, demonstrate U.S. success in pursuing Realpol itik, and criticize some basic conclusions of the old Cold War history. It is significant, the author holds, to emphasize the influence of the second and third worlds and the research on multinational files, but the post-Cold War hist orians view of the origins of the Cold War, which highly praises the United Stat es is a retrogression to the "orthodox" Cold War history. U.S. REFUGEE POLICY AND COLD WAR DIPLOMACYLi Xiaogang (52) This article delves into the relations between U.S. refugee policy and its Cold War diplomacy. Firstly, dominated by the anti-communist ideology, U.S. refugee p olicy had the guiding principle of using the symbolic effect and propaganda valu e of refugees for fighting communism. Secondly, the policy conformed with the U. S. international strategy and changed with the latter's readjustment. And finall y, postwar U.S. admission and rehabilitation of refugees was to a certain degree humanitarian. The author holds that the policy is part of U.S. Cold War diploma cy, being both power-driven and humanitarian. While humanitarianism was in the s ervice of power, the pursuit of power played a dominating role in the formulatio n of policy. YENCHING UNIVERSITY AND THE FOUNDING OF THE HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTEFan Shuhua (70) Harvard-Yenching Institute was founded in 1928 by Harvard University and Yenchin g University on the Charles Martin Hall Educational Fund, and named after the tw o Universities. It followed a long and tortuous course for Yenching to be formal ly decided as Harvard's partner in establishing the institute. The rise of the n ationalist movement in China deeply influenced the way Yenching took in building the institute and determined the unique role of Yenching therein. MOTIVES FOR IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE WOOMEN IN TURN OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIESLing Huping (95) Despite all the restrictions, Chinese women emigrated to America with various mo tivations. Many left to join their husbands. Others sailed across the ocean for economic reasons. Finally, some educated women arrived in America for personal f ulfillment. Differing in motivations, they shared one thing in common: the desir e to start a new life in America. Upon arrival, most found they had traded a res tricted life in China for another confined one on American soil. They were first detained at the immigration station on Angel Island for months, and later confi ned in crowded quarters in Chinatowns indefinitely. Their lifes seemed to have i mproved little by immigration. TIMOTHY RICHARD AND LOOKING BACKWARD, 2000-1887: THE POLOT EFFORT IN TRANSLATING AN AMERICAN NOVEL INTO CHINESELiu Shusen(122) Timothy Richard (1845-1919), an English Baptist missionary in China, was the fir st in translating an American novel into Chinese. His Chinese version of Looking Backward, 2000-1887, a 19th century American novel by Edward Bellany, appeared in 1891 in Wanguo Gongbao (Review of the Times) published in Shanghai. This publ ication earlier than the publication in 1901 of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle To m's Cabin translated by Lin Shu and Wei Yi, which was long considered as the fir st American novel rendered into Chinese. The article discusses the historical an d cultural context of the translation, the translator's strategy, the characteri stics of the version and the influence on Chinese intellectuals in the late Qing Dynasty. IN THE ORDINARY LIES EXCELLENCE: COMMENTS ON MANAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PRACTICE BY RICHARD D. BINGHAM ET AL.Jin Canrong(139) A SYMPOSIUM COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SINO-U.S. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS(146) AMERICAN FOREIGN JOURNALS(150) NEW BOOKS(155) EDITOR'S NOTE (160)