The Rising China and the United States

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The article “U.S., China and Thucydides” (Robert B. Zoellick, 2013) addressed the security dilemma between the rising China and the U.S. through the historical story, “the Thucydides trap”. In addition, the chapter 15 in the book US FOREIGN POLICY, by Michael Cox and Doug Stokes, indicated the situation of changing East Asia, rising China, and the role of the U.S. in this region in different periods. Therefore, the materials have revealed an important question about Sino-US relation, which is should the United States cooperate or compete with the rising China? According to the article, Robert (2013) stated that “My trust is that these plans and notions may facilitate these two effective and vibrant countries to maintain a strategic distance from the Thucydides trap as they explore a new type of great-power. This could be an energizing venture, with much at stake-for China, the United States and the world” in the last paragraph of his work. It is clear that Robert has suggested that the U.S. and China should cooperate in the future even though there would be many intensions and frictions in the future. Additionally, in the book US FOREIGN POLICY, Michael Cox (2012) concluded that “China’s peaceful rise has largely consoled its neighbors and the United States that it remains a status quo power. However, as it has risen, there are some (perhaps an expanding number) who predict this will lead to increased regional and global competition” (p.266). Clearly, Michael Cox indicated the point that there might be more competitions in the future relation between China and the rest of the world no matter China rises peacefully or not. In particular, China and the United States will face many intense issues since they are the two giants in th... ... middle of paper ... ...herefore, in order to solve the security issues and maintain the regional peacefully, the U.S. and China has to cooperate rather than compete with each other. To sum up, the future trend of the Sino-US relation is to cooperate through competition, which is the “competitive coexistence”. China is growing, which is the reality that the U.S has to accept, and the interdependence between China and the U.S is stronger than ever before both politically and economically. Therefore, just as Robert (2013) pointed out in his article “the explore of a new type of great-power relationship would not only help the most two powerful countries to avoid the Thucydides trap, but also allow the world to become more vibrant and invigorated”. In other words, cooperate bring more benefits to the U.S. rather than compete with the rising China. Works Cited Robert 2013 US FOREIGN POLICY

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