Post-9/11 Great Power Strategic Relations

Author: Zhou Rongyao
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: At the end of the 20th century, the complex international situation after the "9·11" attacks and the baffling relationships between major powers sparked a shared desire to explore strategic relations between major countries. Mr. Mastny also said, "Americans find it hard to understand that, despite China's great achievements today, it still feels angry about the humiliation it suffered from past colonial powers." He suspected the underlying motives and even compared China to Germany before World War I. Following this logic, people in the world today would find it even harder to understand Americans: the United States has achieved far greater accomplishments than China, yet it reacted so fiercely to the "9·11" incident. What could be the underlying motives then?