American Policy

U. S. and china are two of the most powerful countries in the kindness 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 good 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 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 prevent it becoming a sore-sprung(prenominal) Soviet Union. To achieve this, America should commission on the following tasks first, U. S. should focus on the war of hearts and minds to spread the ideas of freedom and democracy to Chinese people (especially intellectuals and the youth) second, assi st independent organizations human rights activists inside China third, assist American allies around China (especially Japan and chinaware) both politically and militarily. While confronting China in many areas, U. S.and China need to join forces on a number of important issues, such as economy, anti-terrorism, mood 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 Straits and assist China and reciprocal ohmeast 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 galactic problems including the current economic recession.But U. S. should also be firm about its staple fiber principles, not sending China wrong messages by saying that human rights issue should not affect the overall Sino-U. S. relatio nship (Clinton, as cited in Kralev, 2009). References Cheung, G. (1998). Market liberalism American foreign policy toward China. New Jersey execution 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/