What can history reveal about the future of Sino-American relations?-Retrospect, reflections, and prospects

• Published in: Chinese studies in history Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 5 - 18
• Main Author: Lixin, Wang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 02.01.2021
• Subjects: engagement strategy; ideological conflict; new Cold War; Reform and Opening up; sentimentalism; strategic contraction

Over the past two centuries, U.S.-China relations have undergone a historical evolution from friendship to hostility and then from hostility to cooperation, and are now at a crossroads from cooperation to confrontation. History has shown that U.S.-China relations are extremely important to China, af...