- Election '08 and the challenge of China (documentary). Despite its importance, China policy has not figured prominently in the presidential campaign, or in the media coverage of it. The USC U.S.-China Institute, with the assistance of the Pacific Council on International Policy and the USC Annenberg School of Communication, addresses this issue with Election ’08 and the Challenge of China, an eight-part video report examining the key issues in U.S.-China relations, the role the relationship has played in past elections, and the positions taken by candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.