China and America: Destined for Conflict?

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This book explores the possibility and feasibility of building a new model of major-country relations between China and the United States, which is of great significance to the sound interaction between the two countries and the preservation of peace and stability of the world. In early June 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama reached a consensus on building a new model of major-country relations at the historical Sunny lands meeting in California. In the years that followed, the two leaders were committed to that goal despite the different interpretations in its substance. How is the new model of major-country relations conceptualized and developed? What renders it possible? Is the major-country conflict inevitable? These are the basic issues addressed in this book. Now, China-US relations are at a critical juncture. The international community is watching the world’s two largest economies and is quite concerned about the future of one of the world’s most complicated bilateral relationships. This timely publication of Professor Tao Wenzhao provides us with a realistic approach to managing this vital relationship in a candid and balanced way. 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