Construction Of A New Type Of Relationship Between China And U.S. As Two Great Powers Under Identity Perspective

The rise of great powers often leads to wars in history of international relations. Accoding to power transition theory,wars possibly happen when capability of rising powers is closing to dominant powers.lt is a attractive issue to avoid confrontation or war between China as a emergence rising power and U.S. as a established dominant power.Both China and U.S. hope to avoid tradegy of confrontation or wars between great powers in history.China and U.S. demand to construct a new type of relationship between the two great powers. The both governments have confirmed the goal to establish a new type of relationship between two great powers,but in-depth research is scarce. I hope the dissertation can contribute to research of a new type of relationship between China and U.S. as two great powers in theory.The dissertation introduces role identity perspective.To construct a new type of relationship between China and U.S. as two great powers may be understood to construct of a new identity. Identity is constructed by interaction.Vicious interaction constructs vicious identity.Positive interaction constructs positive identity. Alexander Wendt’s research introduced three role identities between countries:enemies, rivals or friends.The category belongs to category of single identy.The concept of compound identity is introduced in the dissertation.The compound identity,which is composed of competitor and collaborator,is emphasis of research in the dissertation.Sino-US identity was enemy in early cold war,quasi-ally in late cold war. Sino-US identity lost position of single identity along with the end of cold war. Sino-US relations fluctuated up and down in a certain period of time.Compound identity,which is composed of competitor and collaborator,is turning into prominent characteristic of Sino-US relations after entering the21st century. Compound identity is basis of positive interaction between China and U.S.. Compound identity is propitious to avoid construction of single enemy.Differences of Sino-US compound identity in different fields affect effect of construction of the new type of relationship between China and U.S. as two great powers. A new type of relationship between China and U.S. as two great powers is relative easy to be constructed in areas which collaborator identity dominate, is relative hard to be constructed in areas which competitor identity is outstanding.The progress of nowadays international system brings possibility to Sino-US positive interaction.The critical key of construction of the new type of relationship between the two great powers depends on how to interact between China and U.S..Problems between China and U.S. make against positive interaction.Interdependence between China and U.S.,which joins competition and cooperation, strengthens flexibility of Sino-US relations. Interdependence is propitious to positive interaction.Cooperation is a ideal interaction pattern between the two countries.However bet-hedge,which means keep watch and cooperation at the same time,is realistic interaction choice,because the two countries seek relative gains,lack mutual trust for some time.China and U.S.demand to construct a new type of identity(relationship) between two great powers by means of positive interaction.Positive interaction should adhere to the following aspects:■Creative thinking. China and US should break zero-sum thinking,avoid Cold War mentality, abandon hegemony thinking, explore common views on values.■Control the risk of interaction. It is a bottom line of Sino-US interaction to prevent emergence of enemy identity from any field especially security according to cask principle.■Improve institution of interaction. Institutionalization of Sino-US relations is result of Sino-US cooperation, promote Sino-US cooperation meanwhile.■Expand mutual interests.Expanding of mutual interests is beneficial to cooperate between China and U.S., to construct a new type of relationship between China and U.S. as two great powers.After theory demonstration,two selective cases in different fields is applied to empirical test,In global economic governance domain, relationship between China and U.S. in G20is a selective study case.In Asia-Pacific, US "rebalance to Asia-Pacific strategy" is a selective study case.Positive interact can promote construction of a new type of relationship between China and U.S. as two great powers, effects are variant in different levels and fields.Constrcution of a new type of relationship between China and U..S as two great powers in global economic governance domain is visible. Constrcution of a new type of relationship between China and U.S. as two great powers in Asia-Pacific is facing many difficulties.