Kennedy Administration and China (Origin of the US "Containment but not Isolation" Policy towards China)

Author: Wen Qiang
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Reviewing the origins of the Kennedy administration's "containment but not isolation" policy toward China reveals that both China and the United States have paid a high price for the Cold War. Learning from the past can provide valuable insights for the development of today's China-U.S. relations. The "Modern Chinese Politics and Society Transformation" academic research series is the final outcome of the "985" research project at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, focusing on the relationship between political and social transformations in modern China.
Politics is a broad and complex concept. This project adopts a broad definition of politics, expanding the research scope to include modern Chinese political thought, political institutions, international environment, foreign relations, as well as key political figures and major political events. It combines politics and society to examine the relationship between politics and the economy, the impact of politics on education and talent cultivation, the role of politics in social stability and civilization, and politics in foreign relations, particularly the political attitudes of some key figures and the social effects of their governance theories, policies, and methods. The study aims to provide a multi-angle and multi-layered perspective, using political sociology theories and methods to explore the interactive relationship between politics and society. It measures and evaluates political thought, propositions, and the governance of political figures based on the stability, progress, development, and level of civilization of society. This is a new attempt.