http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3096/emmanuel-rizzi Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:33:21 -0400 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:33:21 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1256/the-same-bed-articulating-a-continuity-thesis-in-us-china-policy By Emmanuel Rizzi - In a controversial and popularly cited 1999 Foreign Affairs article, Gerald Segal posed the question “Does China matter?” in response to growing international attention regarding China’s economic miracle over the preceding decade. Segal’s answer, “the Middle Kingdom is a middle power - China matters far less than it and most of the West think, and it is high time the West began treating it as such”1 resonates considerably less today; since then, both China and opinion regarding it have advanced significantly, giving rise to new fears and perceptions of U.S.... Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1256/the-same-bed-articulating-a-continuity-thesis-in-us-china-policy