中美关系(英文).doc

Sino-US relations Sino-American relations refers to the international relations between the United States and China. Most analysts have characterized present Sino-American relations as complex and multi-faceted, with the United States and China being neither allies nor enemies. At the same time, it is generally acknowledged that the nature of Sino-American relations will be a major factor in determining the state of the world in the 21st century. The history of relations between China and United States. The beginning of relations between China and the United States seems to be a beginning of inequality. Because the United States forced the Qing government to sign the unequal treaty which is the Treaty of Wangxia at 1844. This treaty not only put American trade on par with the British but also secured Americans right of extraterritoriality. With the development of history, the relations between China and the United States have also developed. In the World War II, the two countries became ally, to deal with the common enemy named Japan. At the same time the United States government and people give us a lot of help about food, drugs, weapons, etc. By 1949, Mao established the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) on the mainland, while Chiangs ROC on Taiwan was considered as a government-in-exile for decades . For 30 years after its founding, the United States did not formally recognize the Peoples Republic of China. Instead, it maintained diplomatic relations with the Republic of China government on Taiwan, and recognized the ROC as the sole legitimate government of China. During this time, China and the United States even become enemies, we even have a war on the Korean peninsula. But both the Chinese and the Americans had issued feelers to try to improve the relations between these two major powers. By the Ping Pong Diplomacy, the PRC responded by inviting the American ping pong team to tour China. They opened the way to rapprochement of relations between China and the U