地缘政治中的中美关系与台湾问题

台湾所处的地理位置决定了它在东亚-西太平洋地区的地缘政治与地缘战略中具有 特殊重要的意义。中美冷战时期,台湾成为美国遏制中国的地缘战略工具。随着中美关系的缓和, 台湾在该地区地缘政治中的重要性大幅下降。冷战结束以来,随着中美关系被美国的战略决策者 定位成战略上的竞争关系,台湾对美国而言的地缘战略价值再次上升。这正是台湾问题具有长期 性、复杂性的根本原因之一。

Sino-U.S. Relations and Taiwan Issue in Geopolitics

Taiwan Island is located on a place with great geopolitical significances in the West Pacific Ocean region, East Asia. During the time of Cold War between China and the U.S., Taiwan had been a geo-strategic tool for the U.S. to contain China. As the Sino-U.S. relations came to detente in the early 1970s, Taiwan's geopolitical importance in the region was weakened significantly. Since the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was over, the Sino-U.S. relations has been defined by U.S. strategy makers as one of competition in geopolitics, which has led to an promotion of Taiwan's role in the U.S. geo-strategy decision-making. This is exactly one of the fundamental reasons why the Taiwan issue is characterized by protraction and complexity.