In the last ten years, economic issues related to currency policy have become the major ongoing dispute between China and the U.S. Especially the U.S. Congress is stridently demanding a tougher policy to avert the negative consequences for the U.S. economy of "unfair" Chinese policies in the...

This paper exploits new data from original representative surveys of municipal, county, and township congress delegates and their constituents in mainland China. It presents descriptive evidence that: (1) local congress delegates have a sense of constituency, reflected in both attitudes and...