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The Models of Power Shifts: An Explanation for the Cycle of Ups‐and‐Downs in Sino‐U.S. Relations
Author(s) -
Liping Zhang
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pacific focus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1976-5118
pISSN - 1225-4657
DOI - 10.1111/j.1976-5118.2004.tb00301.x
Subject(s) - legitimacy , china , power (physics) , presidential system , explanatory power , international relations , political science , positive economics , economics , epistemology , politics , law , physics , philosophy , quantum mechanics
The author tries to build an explanatory model for the cycle of ups‐and‐downs in Sino‐U.S. Relations by analyzing the factors, mechanisms and processes in the decision‐making. She then examines the legitimacy and limitations of this model through appraising the influences of both presidential power shift and Congressional power shift on U.S. China policy in the past 30 years. She concludes that the cycle of Sino‐U.S. relations will still probably parallel with the cycle of American power shift in the future if we hold the international factors and China factors constant .