Write an essay on Composition and restructuring of interest groups (change and realignment)
2. Interest groups’ foreign policy issue areas, preferences (key issue areas: U.S. foreign economic policy, human rights and environmental policy, and related demands on China and U.S. policy toward China) and changes
3. Channels, means and new changes in the way interest groups influence Congress, the executive branch, public opinion, etc. (including national elections, the legislative process, policy implementation, etc.)
4. Influence of interest groups on the public opinion environment (including traditional media, especially social media, etc.)
5. Please intersperse the above with cases and data on the influence of interest groups for analysis.
