Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, says that mainland China particularly hopes to learn through the think tanks more about the positions of the US government and congressmen. For example, a high-ranking PRC military official with whom he recently met asked him especially about the opinions of the different political parties in the US toward Asian military issues.
「卡圖研究所」副會長卡本特也表示，中共特別希望透過智庫了解政府與國會議員的立場，例如他最近所會見的中共軍方高層官員，就特別向他打聽美國不同政黨議員對亞洲軍事議題的看法。