American Policy

U. S. and China are deuce of the most powerful countries in the world with two very different ideologies (Cheung 1998). After Chinese communists took power in 1949, U. S. and China had been enemies until Nixon visited China in 1972 which made these two countries allies against the Soviet Union. While this nice relationship did not last long, after the June 4 massacre and the collapse of the former Soviet Union and its eastern European bloc, the Sino-U. S. relations are more than competitive than cooperative. Under this circumstance, the current American policy towards China should be containment first, cooperation second.First U. S. needs to contain Chinas military and political might to sustain it becoming a new Soviet Union. To achieve this, America should focus on the following tasks first, U. S. should focus on the war of hearts and minds to spread the ideas of immunity and democracy to Chinese people (especially intellectuals and the youth) second, assist independent organiz ations human rights activists inside China third, support American allies around China (especially Japan and Taiwan) both(prenominal) politically and militarily. While confronting China in many areas, U. S.and China need to cooperate on a number of important issues, such as economy, anti-terrorism, humor change, pandemic control, and nuclear non-proliferation, etc. In addition to facilitate a peaceful transformation of China, U. S. should help maintain the balance across the Taiwan toss and assist China and Southeast Asian countries to solve the South China Sea islands disputes peacefully. To sum it up, though a democratic, free new China is in US interest, America should not push China too hard now while facing many big problems including the current economic recession.But U. S. should likewise be firm about its basic principles, not sending China wrong messages by saying that human rights issue should not affect the boilersuit Sino-U. S. relationship (Clinton, as cited in Kral ev, 2009). References Cheung, G. (1998). Market liberalism American foreign policy toward China. New Jersey Transaction Pulishers. Kralev, N. (2009, February, 21). Clinton riles with rights remarks. The Washington Post. Retrieved from http//www. washingtontimes. com/news/2009/feb/21/clinton-says-rights-take-back-seat-to-climate-chan/