Great Power Competition as the New Normal of China-US Relations

Will ChinaU.S. relations come back to the normal track? Does the confrontational approach work for ChinaUS relations? This book argues that it is an unrealistic hope to bring ChinaUS relations back to the so-called normal track because the great power competition will be a new normal of ChinaUS relations and the USA will gain more from strategic competition than cooperation in the long run. This book shows that the strategy of great power cooperation through competition is more positive and constructive than the approaches of peaceful coexist and maximum pressure. This book does not intend to provide policy recommendations for governments to consider, but mainly to explain why the great power competition is inevitable and why it is necessary to continuously work with China in some areas through strategic competition. This book alarms the importance of understanding the nature of the Chinese Communist Party during the great power competition and aims to motivate both sides to revisit their foreign policy practice and come up with a better foreign policy strategy of handling ChinaUS relations.

Provides one of the aspects in understanding the great power competition in a global context comprehensively Explains why the great power competition is inevitable and why it is necessary to continuously work with China Shows that the strategy of great power cooperation to through competition is more positive and constructive

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Jinghao Zhou is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, USA. His research focuses on Chinese ideology, politics, religions, and US-China relations. He has five books published which are as follows: Why Is the China Model Losing Its Power? (2020), Chinese vs. Western Perspectives: Understanding Contemporary China (2014), China's Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of China's Road Map to Democratization (2010), Remaking China's Public Philosophy and Chinese Women's Liberation: The volatile mixing of Confucianism, Marxism, and Feminism (2006), and Remaking China's Public Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century (2003).

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: U.S. Engagement Strategy Partially Failed.- Chapter 3: Nature of the Great Power Competition.- Chapter 4: Real Trap of China-U.S. Relations.- Chapter 5: Intention of Chinese Policymakers: Cultural Source of the Great Power Competition.- Chapter 6: China's Global Expansion and the International Institutions.- Chapter 7: China's Core Interests vs. American Vital Interests.- Chapter 8: War Is Not Imminent During the Great Power Competition.- Chapter 9: Great Power Competition in the Post-Pandemic Era.