Book chapter
Aggressive Engagement, Not Containment: Political Repression'sRole in Sino-American Relations
What if China Doesn't Democratize?, pp 284-304
2000
Abstract
Sino-American relations have been in flux since the brutal suppression of the 1989 democracy movement and the 1991 demise of the Soviet Union. Gone is the anti-Soviet security consensus that cemented U.S.-China relations since the 1970s. The relationship is now more characterized by potentially destabilizing conflicts over security (e.g., missile sales to the Middle East and Taiwan), economics (e.g., World Trade Organization [WTO] membership and intellectual property rights), and human rights (e.g., most favored nation status and the UN Human Rights Commission). The 1996 confrontation in the Taiwan Straits and the 1999 accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia threatened to throw the relationship backward toward the antagonistic 1950s and 1960s. Subsequent efforts to tone down tensions, such as the 1997-98 exchange of presidents, stabilized and restored bilateral cooperation.
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- Title
- Aggressive Engagement, Not Containment: Political Repression'sRole in Sino-American Relations
- Creators
- Su ShaozhiMichael J. Sullivan
- Contributors
- Edward Friedman (Editor)Barrett L. McCormick (Editor)
- Publication Details
- What if China Doesn't Democratize?, pp 284-304
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics
- Other Identifier
- 991022041439704721