The Great Game: China's Tai Chi and America's Boxing

Author: Liu Jianfei
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Publish Date: 2005-11-22
Features: Despite some complexities and disagreements between China and the United States on various issues, the ultimate goal of Sino-U.S. relations is to improve. This is essential for world peace and stability. China does not pose a threat to the United States, and the U.S. should not view China as an adversary. This book is structured logically, moving from the macro to the micro and from the general to the specific, divided into three parts.
Part 1 (Chapters 1 and 2) covers the macro global situation and its impact on China and the United States:
- Chapter 1 discusses the overall international situation and the perspectives of both China and the U.S. on it. Both countries view the current international situation as a "strategic period of favorable conditions" for their development.
- Chapter 2 explores the trends of global changes, helping readers understand the respective positions of the U.S. and China in the future global.
Part 2 (Chapters 3, 4, and 5) focuses on the foreign strategies and power dynamics of China and the U.S.:
- Chapter 3 examines the evolving U.S. strategy toward China.
- Chapter 4 discusses the shifting Chinese strategy toward the U.S.
- Chapter 5 analyzes the current power balance between China and the U.S. and its changing trends.
Part 3 (Chapters 6 and 7) addresses the positive and negative factors influencing the development of Sino-U.S. relations:
- Chapter 6 covers the major negative factors affecting Sino-U.S. relations.
- Chapter 7 explores the key positive factors driving the development of Sino-U.S. relations.
The conclusion primarily reflects on China's strategic stance and thinking in promoting the growth of Sino-U.S. relations. The opinions of the interviewed experts are more concentrated in Chapters 3, 6, and 7, while other chapters have relatively fewer insights. To help readers better understand the ideas expressed by the experts, a brief introduction to the interviewed experts is provided at the end of the book.