Analyzingworldsituationin 1 999,thear ticlemaintainsthatfactorsofinstabilityhavebe enincreasingandregionalturmoilshavebeenintensifiedalthoughthegeneralinter
nationalsituationtendstoberelaxing;thatunipo larforcehasbeeninvolvedinafiercestrugglewithmultipolartrendandthestrug gleseemstobealong termone;thatthefocusofinternationalstrugglew illbeshiftedtoatrialbetweensovereigntyandhuman rightsowingtoAmerica’sforcedimposingoftheso called“humanrightstranscendingsovereignty”ontheinternationalcommuni ty ;thatthegreat powerrelationshiphasbecomemoreandmorecomplic atedalthoughitdidn’tgosofarastothebrinkofcon frontation ,andthattheroleofmilitaryfactorhasbecomemoresignificantas1 999sawagrowingincreaseofmilitaryexpenditurein anumberofcountriesandareas.AsforChina’ssecur ityenvironment,thearticleremindsustopayattentiontobothnegativeand positiveaspects.Thenegativeaspectincludesthe pincerlikeposturecausedbyNATO’seastwardexpansionandU.S . Japanese jointdevelopmentofTMD ,theU .S . created“Kosovomode”andLiDenghui’sargumentof“state to sate”negotiations.Theposi tiveaspectsaretherapprochementofChina CentralAsianrelations ,theimprovementofSino RussianandSino CentralAsianrela tions,theimprovementofSino IndianandSino Indonesianrelationship ,andU .S. ChinaagreementonChina’sentryintoWTO .