The path to normalization -- Deng Xiaoping visits America -- Hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee markup -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report -- Hearings in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs -- House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs hearings -- The House Committee on Foreign Affairs report -- The administration's Taiwan/China Legislative Task Force -- The Senate floor -- The floor of the House of Representatives -- The Senate and House resolve their differences -- Signing a bill into law -- The perilous question of treaty termination.