The Johnson Administration And The Question Of Representation Of China In The United Nations(1964-1968)

The article includes two chapters and a conclusion.Chapter One mainly deals with the Johnson administration's policy towards CHIREP. After PRC and France established diplomatic relations, the Johnson administration set an initial tone to CHIREP in 1964. It still tried to "keep Jiang's in '\ "keep PRC out " and pursued a potential "two Chinas " policy. But this tone was challenged soon. China successfully exploded its first atom bomb in October 1964, which brought about a rapid enhance in PRC's international position. This situation lead to heated controversies about CHIREP in the Johnson administration for many times. There were four rounds controversies from 1964 to 1968. Although the concrete contents of every controversy differed, a "two Chinas" policy was kept from beginning to the end.Chapter Two put an emphasis on the reason the Johnson administration pursued the "two Chinas" policy. The United States could not avoid to face a stable and developing China, but the Johnson administration regarded PRC as a main threat to U.S.. So though it had to think the question that China joined the international body, it unwilling let the latter become a U.N. member soon. What's more, the public had a dual character; and many countries advocated some "two Chinas" policy. All of this was the reason that the Johnson administration pursued the "two Chinas" policy.The conclusion as follows: the United States did not give up "two Chinas" in the 60's; "two Chinas" was a tactics, and was also a policy; the main aim of the Johnson administration towards CHIREP was to hold back PRC to restore legal rights; the thing that PRC was unable to restore legal rights and interests did harm to the Sino-American relations and U.N. as a international body; the ideology should not be put in the primary position.