Some Reflections on the Study of Sino-U. S. Relations:The History of Sino-U.S. Relations

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Sino-U. S. relationship are for Japan the most important third country relations. Within the triangular relations between China, U. S. and Japan, if Sino-U. S. relations change in a good direction or bad direction, Japan is bound to be affected and has to adjust her relations with the other two. Historically when Japan failed to adjust properly to the changes of this delicate framework, Japan's security and prosperity was in danger. Therefore, we have to be very careful about changes of this configuration.But traditionally American attitudes toward China were unique, emotional and changeable with diversified extreme images between good and bad about China and the Chinese. According to a famous China scholar, Harold Isaacs, such extreme images appears dominant and irresistible according to cyclical patterns. When a certain mood becomes predominant it becomes extremely difficult for a scholar to resist it. This is a unique trap. After the Nixon shock in 1971 we experienced a very euphoric period of Sino-U. S. relations. Many scholars believed if we had done better, we could have normalized relations with Communist China in 1949. Such an argument about "Lost Chances" was enthusiastically supported by many scholars. But later the mood changed. Besides such psychological traps I mention other elements which relate to the development of the study of Sino-U. S. relations.
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