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The Rise of China and Transformation of the US-China Relationship Forging Partnership in the Age of Strategic Mistrust
The rise of China has transformed Sino-US relations in the 21st century. Although the United States remains atop the global power hierarchy, its relative leverage has become more restraint as China has steadily stepped up as a counterweight to US influence. The Sino-US relationship has, therefore, become increasingly strategic and complicated. In addition to the often sharp differences over many bilateral issues such as trade, human rights and Taiwan, a strategic distrust, i.e., suspicion of each other’s long-term intentions, has emerged to overshadow the relationship. While many Chinese are concerned that the US will try to keep China down, some Americans are anxious about the implications of China’s great power aspiration for US interests.
How has China’s rise resulted in the strategic distrust? Can the US and China function in a world of relatively greater power equality and interdependence? Can they forge a partnership to expand cooperation in areas of common interests? Specifically, what is the US anxiety of the "China threat" and responses to the transformation of the US-China relationship in the 21st century? How do the Chinese perceive the new relationship with the US? What are the Chinese perspectives of opportunities and challenges working with the US in traditional and non-traditional security issue areas? Can China replace the US leadership in Asia? How has the shifting balance of power between the US and China led to new dynamics in their respective relations with Japan and Taiwan? These are the critically important questions that this book of contributions by leading scholars seeks to find answers.
This book is based on a collection of papers from the Journal of Contemporary China.
Part I: Overview: Forging US-China Partnership in the age of Strategic Distrust
1. Building New Vital Mutual interests for a Better Future: Joining the Wang Jisi and Kenneth Lieberthal’s "Addressing U.S.-China Strategic Distrust" Edward Friedman JCC 22:81, May 2013
2. The United States and China in the Age of Obama: Looking Each Other Straight in the Eyes David M. Lampton Jcc 18:62, November 2009
3. Forging Sino-U.S. Partnership in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges Wu Xinbo Jcc 21:75, May 2012
Part II: American Anxiety and Responses to China’s Rise
4. Shaping the Regional Context of China’s Rise: How the Obama Administration Brought back Hedge in its Engagement with China Suisheng Zhao Jcc 21:75, May 2012
5. The Olympic effect on American attitudes towards China: Beyond personality, ideology, and media exposure Peter Hays Gries, H. Michael Crowson, & Todd Sandel Jcc 19:64, March 2010
6.Americans and the Rise of China as a World Power Tao Xie and Benjamin I. Page Jcc 19:65, June 2010
7. The "China Threat" through the Lens of U.S. Print Media: 1992-2006 Yi Edward Yang, Xinsheng Liu Jcc 21:76, July 2012
Part III: Chinese Perspectives of the New Relationship with the US
8. Sino-US Relations and Building a Harmonious World Liu Jianfei Jcc 18:60, May 2009
9. Cooperation Opportunity or Confrontation Catalyst? The Implications of China’s naval development for China-US relations Xin Qiang Jcc 21:76, July 2012
10. The Role of Nontraditional Security in China-US Relations: Common Ground or Contradictory Arena? Zhang Jiadong Jcc 21:76, July 2012
Part IV: Implications of Evolving US-China Relationship for the Asian-Pacific Region
11. Assessing China’s Rise and U.S. Leadership in Asia: Growing Maturity and Balance? Robert Sutter Jcc 19:65, June 2010
12. Locating transition: the prospect for a U.S.-China transition in Asia Yves-Heng Lim Jcc 19:67, November 2010
13. The Shifting Triangle: Sino-Japanese-American Relations in Stressful Times June Teufel Dreyer Jcc 21:75, May 2012
14. Rapprochement between Taiwan and the Chinese Mainland: Implications for American Foreign Policy Dennis V. Hickey Jcc 20:69, March 2011
Biography
Suisheng Zhao is Professor and Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, senior fellow at Charhar Institute and a founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary China.
