China-U.S. Military Relationship： Retrospect and Prospect

China-U.S, military relationship, one of the most important and complicated bilateral military relationships, is subjected to more restraining factors than any other military relationships in the current world. It has always been regarded as the ＂barometer＂ of the development of the relations between the two countries. Over the past 30 years since the two countries established diplomatic ties, bilateral military relationship has undergone an exceedingly unsmooth course of development. Nevertheless, along with the increase of common interests, China-U.S.     

Evolution of the U.S. Strategy toward China and China’s Peaceful Development

China-U.S. relationship is the most important one between two big powers in the world today. It is both bilateral and global by nature. How to handle this relationship is closely linked with the fundamental interests of the U.S. and China, as well as peace and stability in the Asia Pacific region and even in the world. So, a profound examination of the nature of U.S. strategy toward China and its evolution over the years will help to fully understand the opportunities and challenges China will meet in the course of peaceful development.     

New Trend of Development in Sino-U.S. Relations

Sino-U.S. relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world, whose developments bear on not only the interests of the two countries but also the stability and peace in Asia and the world as a whole. Recently, U.S. policy toward China ha…     

Three New Characteristics of China-U.S. Relations

To predict the future development of China-U.S. relations, w should attach importance to the three new characteristics of this bilateral relationship. First, we should see clearly the changes of the principa contradiction in Sino-American relations, which is the key link in understanding the bilateral relationship from the strategic and     

The ＂Blacklist＂ Dispute： U.S. vs. DPRK

The designation of the Democratic People＇s Republic of Korea as state sponsor of terrorism is not only one ot the core reasons for the Bush administration to define the DPRK as a member of the axis of evil as well as the outpost of tyranny, but also constitutes the root cause of hostility and tension between the two countries. The issue of DPRK＇s inclusion on the U.S. blacklist of terrorism-sponsoring countries occurred before the nuclear issue. But the Bush administration now links the two issues and regards the denuclearization of DPRK as the precondition for its removal from the blacklist of terrorism-supporting states. Hence, a new round of game is unfolding between the United States and the DPRK on how to remove the latter from the list.     

Thoughts on Building China-Japan Strategic Relations of Mutual Benefit

In the recent two years, leaders of China and Japan have successively exchanged visits dubbed respectively as ＂ice-breaking＂, ＂ice-melting＂ and ＂spring herald＂ tours, and have decided to develop strategic relations of mutual benefit. To develop this relationship requires a thorough understanding of bilateral strategic and mutual interests in the international context as well as the inertia factors in China-Japan relations. Such efforts require a long-term plan as well as actions in solving specific problems in the bilateral relations. It also requires the overall consideration by the leaders of the two countries as well as the social bases of friendship between the two peoples.     

China-U.S. Relations： Moving from Fragility to Stability

China and the United States approached each other and finally established diplomatic relations on the basis of jointly countering Soviet expansion. Since then, this relationship has undergone 30 years of twists and turns and complicated development. At the beginning of diplomatic relations, China- U.S. relations were like an infant teetering along, and every step was linked to the triangle relations between China, the United States and the Soviet Union. Later on when the former Soviet Union disintegrated, the bilateral relationship came across some turbulence, experiencing ups and downs because it lost its strategic common ground.     

Learn from the Past Experience and Lessons and Push China-U.S. Relations to a Brighter Future

The relationship between China and the United States is the most important bilateral relations in the world. Though being the most complicated relationship, it has been managed as the most successful one in the world. In terms of population, territorial size, overall national strength and international status, both China and the United Sates are big countries with great influence in the world arena. The nature and value of such a relationship between major powers exceeds that of pure bilateral relations. China-U.S. relations not only have a close bearing on the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also are of vital importance to world peace, security and development.     

New Orientation for ROK-U.S.Alliance

T he current ROK-U.S. relationship can be well described as “being neither warm nor cold”. It was not long before that the United States and South Korea shared weal and woe and had an unusual relationship. The United States provided ROK not only with mi…     

India's Major Concerns about China and the Future of China-India Relations

Since 2014,the development of the China-India relationship has followed a trend of starting high and ending low.The China-India relationship warmed up rapidly in the first two years,which nevertheless failed to bring about a substantial breakthrough in their bilateral relations,as India's strategic doubts about China and their differences of interests on numerous issues still pose difficulties.     

China-U.S. Military Relationship: Which Way the Wind is Blowing?

Military relations are the most sensitive and essential elements in bilateral ties between two countries. It is quite often when political and economic relations between the two sides turn warm, their military relationship is still at freezing point; and as misunderstanding in the military relationship melting away like ice,     

Crux of the Volatility of Russia-U.S. Relationship

The relationship between Russia and U.S.is one of the most eye-catching ones in the current world. During the past 7 or 8 years with Presidents Putin and Bush in office,that relationship has undergone frequent changes,from being close to cold. People wouldask,whyistherelationshipsovolatile?     

China-U. S. -Japan Triangle: Coordination and Prospect

China, the United States and Japan are all nations of crucial importance in the Asia-Pacific region. They exert a decisive influence on the evolvement of strategic structure in the region in the twenty-first century. To a certain extent the world future will depend on the three countries as well as the development of their mutual relations. The     

Russia’s Eurasian Union Strategy and Its Impact on Sino-Russian Relations and SCO

The Eurasian Union suggested by Vladimir Putin would promote the integration of CIS countries,and act as a power base for Russia to propel itself on the world stage.It would affect the relationship between China and Russia and the relationship between China and other countries in Europe and Asia to a certain degree.It may also affect the future development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO).     

Four Obstacles Must Be Overcome Towards the Stabilizing of China-Japan Relations

As China and Japan are the two biggest powers in East Asia and the .second and third largest economies in the world, so the stability of their bilateral relations is vital for maintaining regional and world peace, as well as the wellbeing of both peoples. However, over the past 40-plus years since the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations, the stability of the bilateral relationship has been deteriorating. The reason for this is that there are more and more barriers that are increasingly difficult to overcome.     

Abstracts

1.The Korean Nuclear Issue Tests Obama＇s Asia Diplomacy,.by Shi Yongming, Senior Researcher, China Institute of International Studies and Guest Researcher of CPDS. Obama＇s Asia policy has just shown an outline of its ＂smart diplomacy＂, i.e., on the premise of sticking to the basic strategy, it attaches great importance to strengthening relationship with the newly-emerging powers and seeks to extend the U.S. influence on Asia by means of dialogue and cooperation. However, the Korean nuclear issue, which is very likely to reach a complicated and even dangerous impasse, is now testing Asia policy of the U.S. new administration. The issue is not only a strategic bottleneck that is a reflection of U.S.-DPRK relationship, but also is constrained by Japan and ROK, whose interests are closely related to the changes of the situation, as well as by some political elements in the U.S.     

U.S.POLITICS AFTER MIDTERM ELECTIONS

The Republican seizure of Congress majority(53 seats in the 100-seat Senateand 230 out of 435 House seats)put an end to a 40-year House domination bythe Democrats and consequently their simultaneous control of both the presidencyand the legislature.This will mean tighter congressional restraints over Bill Clintonin the two remaining years of his presidency.What is more,the Republicans alsowon 31 of 50 governorships and their gains include 8 of the 10 crucial biggest statessuch as California,New York and Texas,a situation bound to make great impacton the 1996 presidential race.     

Undertaking the National and Historic Mission——New Year’s Message for 2013

Spring is a vibrant and thriving season when everything looks fresh and new.In such a moment full of hope,I would like to give my best wishes to all the readers of International Understanding on behalf of CAFIU."The relationship between two countries relies on the friendly sentiments between their peoples".The friendly relationship between two countries is,in the final analysis,decided by the friendship between the two peoples.     

The United States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization： From Bush to Obama

Ever since the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization （SCO）, the relationship between the United States and the SCO has remained unclear. Despite some casual but not institutional contacts between each other, the bilateral relations are more like an empty shell. However, as two important actors in Central Asia, the United States and the SCO do have a certain relationship in the region.     

ID with IE foreign debt——by Mr. Gao Zhikai,Center for China and Globalization

正This is Victor Gao, on behalf of CCG(Center for China and Globalization). It is our great pleasure to attend this important meeting. In today's world,many developing countries have the utmost need to develop economy to build up their capacities. I would urge all countries in the world to provide as much support as possible to the economic development of these developing countries, including both equity and debt. I think nation-building and capacity-building is a very important way to create more jobs and to lift people out of poverty in many parts of the world.