简介：TheEditor’sNote:RecentlyabooktitledADepictionofTrialsofStrengthBetweenChinaandtheUSwaspublishedinBeijing.ItiseditedandmainlywrittenbyProfessorChenFengofChinaInstituteofContemporaryInternationalRelations.Fouryoungresearcherofthesameinstitutealsoparticipatedinthewriting.Afterthebookwaspublished,ithasevokedstrongrepercussionsbothathomeandabroad.Itsfirsteditionhasalreadybeensoldoutandthesecondedi-tionhasrushedthroughprint.Foreignpressandnewsagenciesalsopaymuchattentiontothebookandhavemadequiteafewcomments.Someforeignexpertsandscholarshaveaskedthepublishinghouseortheauthorstosendthemacopyofthebook.Someoverseaspublish-inghousehaveevenproposedtopurchasethebook’scopyright.A-gainstthisbackdrop,membersoftheeditorialdepartmentofthisjour-nalhashadaspecialinterviewwithProfessorChenFengtoaskabouthismotivetowritethebookandsomeotherrelatedmatters.Belowisabriefrecordoftheinterview.