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Mutual hostility and confrontation characterized the first two decades of relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This article examines the impact of the Korean War on creating and perpetuating this mutual enmity. The first half describes how the U.S. reaction to the outbreak of the Korean War and especially Chinese military intervention in the conflict removed any chance for an early reconciliation, discussing Washington's specific policies from June 1950 until the armistice in July 1953 aimed at achieving diplomatic isolation and economic punishment of China's new regime. The second half defines China's five primary postwar foreign policy goals and explains how Beijing faced strident opposition from the United States in its attempts to achieve each objective. While Washington's efforts largely failed, U.S. actions ensured that Sino-American relations would remain poisoned for fifteen more years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a world of growing international competition and rivalry between China and the United States, Latin America and the European Union (EU) are caught in the same thorny dilemma. Positioned between these global giants, both regions are facing a retorn to a Westphalian system of nation-states, which undermines their roles as emerging regional players. In view of these new global challenges in Latin America and the EU, this paper uses a qualitative and comparative approach to explore foreign policy discourses on autonomy in both regions. It examines their goals and priorities and assesses the potential regional and interregional consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper aims to apply to a current international politics situation an application from the Game Theory in order to explain the situation and find a possible resolution to the political and economic deadlock that will be able to bring more stability in the international system and security on financial markets. The paper also searches for an optimal solution that will bring benefits for both actors, China and the US, in their financial policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Case study comparison of the China Policies of US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush can provide insight into how the relationship can be managed in the 21st century. A relationship built on trust and communication creates stability between America and China; trust acknowledges disagreement and reinforces commitments. Breaking agreements, making unreasonable demands, or acting for short term self interest undermines the relationship, reduces opportunity for genuine cooperation, and hampers communication when crises occur. Bush's management of the relationship was a highpoint of recent US-China interaction, and serves as a blueprint for the 21st century relationship for Australian and American elites [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to analyze China's quest for energetic security and USA reaction, as well as its consequences for the international politics. The central debate is the Chinese ascension depend of external energetic supply that, consequently, unveiling the growing disputes with the USA in a scenario of international reorganization of forces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China (PRC) during the period of 1972 to 1975; specifically, the failure to resolve issues associated with the PRC's refusal to honor claims regarding private American property seized by the PRC and the resulting U.S. Treasury's freeze of PRC assets. The article considers the pre-existing U.S. relations with Taiwan, political stability in China, the effects of the Cold War and related U.S. and PRC attitudes towards to Soviet Union, the Vietnam War, both of the U.S. administrations of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and Chinese leaders Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong.

This article reports on China's foreign relations in terms of how they are influenced by external pressures. China is discussed as a region-state due to its size and population, a multi-regional power, and a global presence. The article discusses these three dimensions of China and how they affect its foreign relations with the U.S. and Nepal and, in turn, their views on China. Information is also presented on autonomy, foreign policy, multipolarity, and international cooperation for mutually beneficial objectives.