The Areas Of Mutual Interest Between The U.s. And China

Since 1899, America has maintained an open door policy with China. Throughout the years, relations between the United States and China have changed with several effects on both countries caused by the open door policy.

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Throughout history, the U.S. has had a rocky relationship with China. According to Donald Snow in his textbook Cases in American Foreign Policy, China has always held a “special place in the American psyche” (30) as American history seems to have revolved around China: Columbus discovered America because he was trying to find China, Chinese immigrants were central players in the expansion of the Transcontinental Railroad making its way west. Snow argues that this “special” relationship with China, led to overinvolvement on the part of Americans in China. American missionaries were the most prevalent compared to missionaries from other countries during the first half of the twentieth century. Americans took a large amount of interest when the Kuomintang Party, a Chinese

The rise of China has been one of the most fiercely debated topics in modern history among political scientists about whether the rise is good or bad for western civilization, and more specifically the hegemony of the United States. With many people and political scientists split on the issue. The reason for this split on opinion can be blamed on the how Political Scientists view the world and whether they are inherent: a Liberal (in International Relations Terms), a Realist, or a Constructivist.

During World War Two China was considered the USA’s greatest ally in Asia. In 1949 when China was taken over by the the communist, many people were shocked. The subsequent search for an explanation of what took place in China shook-up the US government creating poisonous blame and accusations that would set back America diplomacy and foreign policy for many years.

As I understand the historical connection between China and United States, they were and in some sense still are both rivals, which began with Mao Zedong driving American-supported Chang out of China soon after the unconditional surrender of the defeat of aggressive Imperial Japan in 1945. Mao took over China and forced Chang to beat a hasty retreat to Taiwan Island. Then in l950, the world witnessed the fierce armed confrontation between Mao led China versus the United Nations' forces with the full backing of United States during the three year Korean War which eventually became a stalemate to this day. Then there was another world-shattering war between U.S. and Communist Soviet-China over the devastating Vietnam. So China had been at

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War was over, making the U.S. the only superpower left in the world. This has made the international system much more tranquil, and relaxed. The only country potentially powerful besides the U.S., is China. Many Americans fear China, not only because they are communist, but also because of their huge population. Their population is 1.3 billion people, which accounts 1/5th of the world’s population. As one of the only potential superpowers in the world, it would be in the best interest of all Americans if the U.S. and China became allies, instead of enemies. Peace and development, economic prosperity and social progress, are goals that both of

Med Jones > Not at all, we see that as a realistic outlook. The forces of change existed throughout history, except now the international community is better at managing change than in the past. In fact, I'm more optimistic this time, the odds are in favor of peace more than wars. Globalization has many issues; however, one of the main benefits of globalization is that it created global companies and global markets that allowed investors and traders to share in the benefit of each other. Despite the intense competition, US and China has far more to gain from working together than fighting each other. As long as the communications, investments, and trade routes remain open, I'm not worried. As long as the cooperation activities are more than the competition, I'm not worried. I would worry when I see developments in the other direction.

In Christopher Coker’s book The Improbable War, is explaining to the reader why a war between The United State and China, is not impossible but, improbable meaning that it is possible. The author states that we can learn from history if we take the right lessons from it. The book is showing what the proper lessons from the world’s history are. The book aims to have the reader by the end not rule out the chance of war between the two major powers. One the rising power quickly becoming the second biggest world economies and looking to become the number one economy in the world. The other is the long standing number one economy in the world, that unlike times before will not relinquish their number one spot and all that comes with it. The scope of the book is to integrate history of conflicts and conflicts happening now and apply them to the probable ‘Sino-American’ war that could take place sometime in our not so distant future. The book calls upon other authors view and opinions to give the reader a wide range of views, instead of just one throughout the analysis.

Can their conflicts be similar or even worse than the Cold War? John Mearsheimer, the realist international relation scholar from the University of Chicago, said that there will be more chance of US and China declaring war in the time ahead than

Two authors agree, and one, the offensive realist John Mearsheimer, a man many IR majors and theorists have grown to know and love, continues to maintain his position. Mearsheimer’s next book should be called, Mutually Assured Destruction by John Mearsheimer. His Offensive Realist perspective creates a “gloomy forecast” that he wishes to refute for the Chinese-American great power debate. With this book being published in 2001 and the most updated copy in April 2014, it is probably very interesting to read the first edition of this book in comparison to the most update version. However that being said Mearsheimer’s initial arguments of the chapter assigned, has proven to be true. Recently assigned, was an article on the current situation in the South China Sea. An imperative region specifically for the U.S and home to one of the busiest shipping lanes in the World, Mearsheimer discusses in depth the Chinese position in this region. Mearsheimer gives an extensive synopsis of his core elements of IR theory, but his main argument which all three theorists seem to agree on is the American resemblance of China’s geo-political strategy. While Ikenberry and Glaser, focus on international diplomacy that must be taken to prevent major war and the dismal likelihood of a great power war between these to powers.

The events that have taken place over the past couple of centuries, and more so the past decade, have monumentally impacted the relationship between the United States and China for better and for worse. Today, China and the U.S. have evolved into two of the most elite superpowers in the world, and they classify as some of the most prominent leaders in economics, military, technology, and universal innovation. Currently, the United States is just weeks away from electing their next president, cyber-attacks are being investigated exponentially, and the South China Sea Debate continues to be disputed. The outcomes of all these events will undoubtedly affect the relationship between China and the United States for the next 10 years.

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has become more integrated and willing to cooperate within the global political and economic systems than ever in its history. However, there is growing apprehension in the Asia-Pacific region and the U.S. in regards to the consequences of rising in economic and military power in China. Descriptions about Chinese diplomacy in the policy and scholarly are less positive lately concerning China’s obedience to regional and international rules. There was little debate in the U.S. and elsewhere in regards to whether China was or was not part “the international community.” Scholars and experts in the early 1990s have contended

For section two of the book, the author purposely dedicated chapter 5 to “U.S-China Misunderstandings”. The author breaks the chapters up into different questions from the general view point Americans get wrong about China to more in-depth issues such as ethnicity, religion, and governing system. It is clear that the focus of the chapter is about the misunderstandings that some Americans may have of China, thus it could be difficult for some non-American readers to relate to this specific chapter.

Snyder claims that realism failed to predict the Cold War. Given this, Mearsheimer states “China cannot rise peacefully.” Since realists describe the world as a self-help system, according to Posen, every country “must look to its own interests relative to those of others” and because “security is the preeminent issue in an anarchic world, the distribution of capabilities to attack and defend should matter.” Thus, because China’s strive for regional hegemony inevitably threatens the power dynamic of the global system, the U.S. will, according to Mearsheimer, take an offensive realist approach that will eventually lead to war. In addition, as seen in post-Cold War, economic stability greatly determines the distribution of power. Friedberg notes, that the projected “speed and magnitude of China’s growth in recent decades appears to be unprecedented” and as early as 2015, “China’s economy could overtake that of the United States.” Although the U.S. faces an unprecedented challenge to economic power, according to Ikenberry, China has signaled cooperation by “redoubling its participation in existing institutions, such as the ASEAN Regional Forum and the East Asia Summit or working with the other great powers in the region to build new ones.” Nevertheless, following the actions of the U.S. post WWII, China strategically makes “itself more predictable and approachable” to reduce “the incentives for other