Great Power Competition as the New Normal of China–US Relations

Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 U.S. Engagement Strategy Partially Failed
	Development of China–U.S. Relations
	Status of China–U.S. Relations
	U.S. Engagement Strategy Failed Inevitably
	Conclusion
3 Nature of the Great Power Competition
	Conceptualization of the Great Power Competition
	When Did the Great Power Competition Begin?
	Who Triggered the Great Power Competition?
	Objectives of the Great Power Competition
	Roles of Other Players in the Great Power Competition
	Implications of the Great Power Competition
	Conclusion
4 Real Trap of China–U.S. Relations
	Does the Thucydides Trap Apply to China–U.S. Relations?
	Has the U.S. Fallen into the Kindleberger Trap and the Kennedy Trap?
	Economic Perspective Alone Cannot Fully Explain the Great Power Competition
	Conclusion
5 Intention of Chinese Policymakers: Cultural Source of the Great Power Competition
	Roles of Chinese Culture in Making Foreign Policy
	Characteristics of Chinese Culture and the Mindset of Foreign Policymakers
	Historical Memory and Chinese Diplomatic Objective
	Conclusion
6 China’s Global Expansion and the International Institution
	The U.S.-Led International Institutions
	Development of China’s Relations with the International Institutions
	China Challenges the International Institutions
	China Pragmatically Uses the International Institutions
	Conclusion
7 China’s Core Interests vs. American Vital Interests
	China’s Core Interests Represent CCP’s Interests
	American Vital Interests Reflect the Will of the American People
	The Cornerstone of American Vital Interests vs. China’s Sharp Power
	Conclusion
8 War Is Not Imminent During the Great Power Competition
	Will the First Shot Be Fire in the South China Sea?
	Will the U.S. Clash with China Over the Taiwan Strait?
	Can China Withstand War with the U.S.?
	Conclusion
9 The Great Power Competition in the Post-Pandemic Era
	U.S. Administrations Made the Same Mistakes
	Development Trend of the Great Power Competition
	The Great Power Competition Will Strengthen Modern Democracy
	Totalitarian China Cannot Rule the World
	Conclusion
Selected Readings
Index