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The U.S. Alliance System in A sia: A C hinese Perspective
Author(s) -
Fangyin Zhou
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian politics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1943-0787
pISSN - 1943-0779
DOI - 10.1111/aspp.12231
Subject(s) - alliance , beijing , china , dual (grammatical number) , perspective (graphical) , political science , politics , power (physics) , great power , economic system , political economy , sociology , economics , law , computer science , art , physics , literature , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
The U.S. alliance system in the region surrounding China is a reality that will last for some time. An important issue in China's rise is how Beijing will coexist effectively with U.S. alliances. In this article, I argue that China will not establish its own alliance system to counter the American alliance network, but will try to establish a new type of “major‐country relationship” between China and the United States. In the meantime, it is pursuing a dual strategy of coexistence with the U.S. alliance system in the region and resisting those U.S. alliance policies that it perceives may be intended to contain the growth of Chinese influence and power. Over time, China will develop differentiated political and security policies toward U.S. allies and will thus gain more strategic space by emphasizing common development strategies for the region, so as to decrease the security pressure on itself.