In fact, besides playing a role as "track two" in cross-strait relations in recent years, scholars at American think tanks have considerable influence on US foreign policy. Thus they are courted by both Taipei and Beijing. Even Chinese Communist officialdom, which has always had a closed attitude, is now increasingly open to interactions with think tank academics.
事實上，美國智庫學者除了近年來在台海間扮演第二管道的角色，其對美國外交政策的影響至深且遠，因而也成為兩岸極力聯繫的對象，連一向保守的中共官方對美國智庫學者的到訪與邀約都漸趨開放。