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Record Nr.

UNINA9910595036703321

Autore

Tao Wenzhao

Titolo

China and America : destined for conflict? / / Wenzhao Tao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gateway East, Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

981-19-3452-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages)

Disciplina

327.51073

Soggetti

China Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface to the English Edition -- The International Order in the Twenty-First Century Would Not be Bipolar But Multipolar -- The Trend of Power Decentralization is the Key Factor Contributing to the Formation of a Multipolar World in the Twenty-First Century -- The Reality of the International Order is Closer to a Multipolar Rather than Bipolar World -- Multilateralism Leads to a Multipolar Not a Bipolar World -- China and the United States are Not in a New Cold War -- China and the United States are Highly Interdependent While the United States and the Soviet Union were Not -- China-US Ideological Difference is Different from US-Soviet Ideological Struggle During the Cold War -- There Exists No Competition Between Different Blocs in the Current World -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Proposal of China-US New Model of Major-Country Relations -- 1.1 Changing Dynamics of China-US Relations -- 1.2 Obama's Strategic Adjustments on U.S. Policy Toward China -- 1.3 Conceptualization of a New Model of Major-Country Relations -- 2 Feasibility of a New Model of Major-Country Relations -- 2.1 Characteristics of the Twenty-First Century -- 2.1.1 Peace and Development Remain the Main Themes of the Twenty-First Century -- 2.1.2 Economic Globalization and the Increasing Interdependence Are Another Two Features of the Twenty-First Century -- 2.1.3 The Threats of Non-traditional Security Issues Become More Prominent



in the Twenty-First Century -- 2.2 The Chinese Perspective -- 2.2.1 China's Modernization Drive Necessitates Maintaining a Long-Term Stable Relationship with the United States -- 2.2.2 China Issued the Guideline of Peaceful Development -- 2.2.3 China Does not Export Its Own Ideology -- 2.2.4 China Does not Challenge American Hegemony.

2.2.5 China is the Defender, Contributor and Upholder of the Current International System -- 2.3 The American Perspective -- 2.3.1 China's Entry into the Current International System Does not Encounter US Resistance -- 2.3.2 China and the United States Are Interdependent -- 2.3.3 The Challenges That the United States is Confronted with Derive from Within -- 2.3.4 The United States Needs China's Cooperation for a Concerted Effort to Address the Global Challenges -- 2.3.5 China and the United States Should Overcome the Obstacles to Strive for a New Model of Major-Country Relations -- 3 Tightening Bonds of Common Interests -- 3.1 Constantly Reaffirming the Evolving Common Interests -- 3.2 Firmly Clinging to China's Core Interests -- 3.3 Continuously Deepening Economic Interdependence -- 3.3.1 Trade Imbalance -- 3.3.2 The Issue of Anti-Dumping -- 3.3.3 The RMB Exchange Rate -- 3.3.4 The Issue of Intellectual Property Rights -- 3.3.5 The Optimization of the Bilateral Investment Environment -- 3.3.6 Equal Consultation and Cooperative Development -- 4 China-US Coopetition in the Asia-Pacific -- 4.1 New Change in the Regional Strategic Landscape -- 4.1.1 Impact of China's Rise -- 4.1.2 Regional Integration and Economic Prosperity -- 4.1.3 Peaceful Development of Cross-Straits Relations -- 4.1.4 Territorial and Maritime Disputes in the Asia-Pacific -- 4.2 U.S. Struggle for Rebuilding Primacy in the Asia-Pacific -- 4.2.1 The United States Views China as a Major Strategic Rival -- 4.2.2 The New Security Order That the United States Seeks to Rebuild -- 4.2.3 Irresistible Trend Toward a Multipolar World and Democracy in International Politics -- 4.3 Managing the Testing Ground of the Asia-Pacific -- 4.3.1 The Issue of the Diaoyu Islands Dispute -- 4.3.2 The Issue of the South China Sea Dispute -- 5 Strengthening Cooperation in Global Governance.

5.1 Security Threats -- 5.2 Financial Crisis -- 5.3 Climate Change -- 6 Managing Differences Constructively -- 6.1 Cyber Issue -- 6.1.1 Internet Freedom -- 6.1.2 Cybersecurity -- 6.1.3 Cyber Force and Cyberwarfare -- 6.2 Human Rights Issue -- 6.3 Military Ties -- 6.3.1 The Clinton Administration -- 6.3.2 The George W. Bush Administration -- 6.3.3 The Obama Administration -- 7 Conclusion -- 7.1 Mutual Understanding of Each Other's Strategic Intentions -- 7.2 Mutual Respect -- 7.3 Practical Cooperation -- 7.4 Cooperative Mechanism -- 7.5 Peaceful Coexistence in the Current International System -- 7.6 Power Transition and Wealth Sharing -- 7.7 Constructive Management of Differences -- 7.8 Military-To-Military Contacts -- References -- Index.