IntheChineseacademiccircles,thestudyofChina-U.Srelationshasachievedtremendousprogressafternearly30years'endeavor.Thisisnodoubtgratifying.Inrecentyears,theUnitedStateshasputforwardthenewconceptof'stakeholder'and,basedonit,definedChina-U.S.relationsinthe21stcentury.Thetermof'stakeholder'waswrittenintothe2006editionoftheU.S.