Great Power Competition as the New Normal of China–US Relations by Jinghao Zhou
Contents of Great Power Competition eBook
- Introduction
- U.S. Engagement Strategy Partially Failed
- Development of China–U.S. Relations
- Status of China–U.S. Relations
- U.S. Engagement Strategy Failed Inevitably
- Nature of the Great Power Competition
- Conceptualization of the Great Power Competition
- When Did the Great Power Competition Begin?
- Who Triggered the Great Power Competition?
- Objectives of the Great Power Competition
- Roles of Other Players in the Great Power Competition
- Implications of the Great Power Competition
- Real Trap of China–U.S. Relations
- Does the Thucydides Trap Apply to China–U.S. Relations?
- Has the U.S. Fallen into the Kindleberger Trap and the Kennedy Trap?
- Economic Perspective Alone Cannot Fully Explain the Great Power Competition
- Intention of Chinese Policymakers: Cultural Source of the Great Power Competition
- Roles of Chinese Culture in Making Foreign Policy
- Characteristics of Chinese Culture and the Mindset of Foreign Policymakers
- Historical Memory and Chinese Diplomatic Objective
- China’s Global Expansion and the International Institution
- The U.S.-Led International Institutions
- Development of China’s Relations with the International Institutions
- China Challenges the International Institutions
- China Pragmatically Uses the International Institutions
- China’s Core Interests vs. American Vital Interests
- China’s Core Interests Represent CCP’s Interests
- American Vital Interests Reflect the Will of the American People
- The Cornerstone of American Vital Interests vs. China’s Sharp Power
- War Is Not Imminent During the Great Power Competition
- Will the First Shot Be Fire in the South China Sea?
- Will the U.S. Clash with China Over the Taiwan Strait?
- Can China Withstand War with the U.S.?
- The Great Power Competition in the Post-Pandemic Era
- U.S. Administrations Made the Same Mistakes
- Development Trend of the Great Power Competition
- The Great Power Competition Will Strengthen Modern Democracy
- Totalitarian China Cannot Rule the World
