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Stability with Uncertainties: U. S.‐China Relations and the Korean Peninsula
Author(s) -
Wang FeiLing
Publication year - 2005
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.1976-5118.2005.tb00310.x
Subject(s) - peninsula , beijing , china , status quo , foreign policy , political science , diplomacy , east asia , development economics , economy , international trade , geography , economics , politics , law , archaeology
This article describes the U.S.‐China relations and its impact on the Korean Peninsula. It outlines the key motivations behind the making of Chinese foreign policy and then reports on the current stability and uncertainties between Beijing and Washington. As a result of its overall objectives in diplomacy, Beijing is seeking a shared strategic interest with the United States on the Korean issue. The PRC prefers the continued survival of the DPRK regime and develops ever‐closer relations with the ROK; its basic policy towards the Korean Peninsula remains pro‐status quo and anti‐nuclearization. However, the uncertainties and complications of the Sino‐American relations profoundly affect China's strategic calculation about Korean Peninsula and indicate changes and problems in the Chinese Korea policy.