Download PRC`s International Relations

U.S.-China Relations
Maoist Era (1949 - 1976)
Main foreign policy makers
Mao Zedong (CCP and PRC Chairman)
Zhou Enlai (Premier and Foreign Minister)
Cold War
Alliance with Soviet Union in 1950s
Mao Zedong: ``lean on one side”
Alliance with ``Third World” in 1960s
Replaced ROC in United Nations in 1971
Normalize with United States in 1970s
Alliance with United States in 1980s
Break the Ice in 1970s
PRC-USA adversary in 1950s and 1960s
Growing threat from Soviet Union
Mao said to Edgar Snow in 1970: ``If
Nixon would come I’ll talk with him”
``Ping-pong diplomacy” in 1971
Nixon in China (1972)
Ford in China (1975)
Deng Xiaoping’s Strategies
One Focus
economic modernization
Two themes: ``peace and development”
relatively peaceful world is favorable for
domestic economic construction
trade, investment, and economic cooperation
Diplomatic Relation (1979)
1978-12-16: ``Joint Communiqué on the
Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
between the People's Republic of China
and the United States of America"
1979-01-01: P.R. China and the U.S.
formally established diplomatic relations
at ambassadorial level
Deng Xiaoping visits US
Post-Cold War
PRC perceives a world with ``only one
superpower but many great powers”
PRC’s principal national interest defined as
economic modernization
PRC diplomacy seeks to maintain
conditions conducive to continued
economic growth
Japan and US Direct Investment in Mainland China (in billion US$)
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Trade
Partners in
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PRC Strategies since 1996
Reassure neighbors that China’s
development doesn’t pose threat but
offers opportunities
Partner (but not ally) with major powers
(U.S., Russia, European Union, Japan,
etc.)
Great Power Partnerships
Stable relations w/o targeting 3rd party
Promote extensive economic relations
Downplay disagreements on domestic
issues in the interest of working together
on matters of shared concern
Routine official visits, especially military
exchange & summit meetings
Cooperative Partnership
“Constructive strategic partnership”(1997)
Cooperative working relationship
trade and investment
UN security council
export controls of military technology
fight against international terrorism
contain tensions in Korea and South Asia
Taiwan Issue
Most sensitive issue in PRC-US relations
3 US-PRC Joint Communiqués
1972
1978
1982
Taiwan Relations Act
1979
Taiwan Issue
Visits to US by high officials from Taiwan
Does it violate 1978 Communiqué?
Arms sale to Taiwan
Does it violate 1982 Communiqué?
1972-02-28 Communiqué
The U.S. side declared: The United States
acknowledges
that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan
Strait maintain there is but one China
that Taiwan is a part of China
1978-12-16 Communiqué
Reaffirm the principles agreed on by the
two sides in the Shanghai Communiqué
US recognizes the Government of the PRC
as the sole legal Government of China.
Within this context, the people of the
United States will maintain cultural,
commercial, and other unofficial relations
with the people of Taiwan
Diplomatic Relation (1979)
The U.S. announced
the severance of its diplomatic ties with the
Republic of China (Taiwan)
the withdrawal of its troops from Taiwan
the ceasing of the U.S.-R.O.C. Joint Defense
Treaty
within 1979
1982-08-17 Communiqué
P.R.C-U.S. Communiqué: U.S.
does not seek to carry out a long-term policy
of arms sales to Taiwan
arms sales to Taiwan will not exceed the
level of those supplied in recent years
intends gradually to reduce its sale of arms
to Taiwan, leading, over a period of time, to a
final resolution
Tests of the Partnership
US bombed PRC embassy in Belgrade in
1999
Mid-air collision of US and Chinese
military planes in 2001
Human rights in China
Political dissidents
Religious freedom