Analyzing The Realism Of George ·W· Bush Government's Policy To China

The period of George·W·Bush government being in power is the American hegemony development new stage. The method it carrying out the global strategy is to receive the realism creed: Namely emphasizing country actual benefit, especially to authority pursue as well as to "superiority strategy" "power balance strategy" utilization.In order to maintain and strengthen the international system stability which US leads, to realize "Pax Americana", the Bush government emphasizes to enhance the country strength, in particular military power. Its goal is while protecting the homeland security to continue to maintain US "the unique superpower" the status. Its goal also is to consolidate US's prestige and the authority in world through the realistic strength utilization. By using the military, the economy, politics, the technology and so on measures to protect own overall security from the global angle of view, and to promote and develop US's national interest in the global scope. In the first tenure of office, Bush government launching the Afghan war and the Iraqi war are typical instance of walking the road of the unipolarity hegemony. In the second tenure of office, as a result of the depth Iraq war mire, the foreign policy changes direction of pursuing economy and trade and homeland security, its policy shows the realism foreign viewpoint.In global strategy, in order to reduce the cost of maintaining hegemony and answer each kind of unsafe factor which grows unceasingly as well as prevent all other great powers association weighs anti-America, Bush government regards "concert of powers" and cooperation of great powers as the strategic contents of maintaining the US leading positions.In the local strategy, Bush government through so-called "the superiority strategy" and "the balance of powers strategy" prevents the rising of "regional domination" in the world strategy vital area. In particularly, in the Asian and Pacific area, US's Asian and Pacific policy is trying hard to realize US assignment of "the strength leadership" "the balance of powers" and "the strength coordination" so that to guarantee US becomes the indemnitor of the Asian and Pacific area order. Therefore, US contain local strengths such on the Russia, China and Japan through each method, in order to establish the Asian and Pacific order of American leading.The Bush government strategy towards China subordinates US's global strategy. According to the realism theory, the great power which rises newly can challenge inevitably the hegemony country's benefit, the conflicts of interest between both countries is inevitable. In order to maintain the hegemony status, the hegemony country must prevent the great power rising. Since entering the 21st century, the Bush government brings about the worry and anxiousness towards the Chinese economy continual growth and the comprehensive national strength rapid promotion as well as the international influence unceasing increase. While maintaining the bilateral relations of "the cooperation, the constructiveness and frankness", US promotes continually to China's diversion and guard dynamics in the security and in the strategy. For example, strengthening both sides military alliance's function that America and Japan is the core, trying hard to establish America and India's strategic relations as well as approaching Vietnam in the military cooperation and so on.Since 2001, Bush government' s changes to China's localization from "strategic competitor" to "constructive partner" and to "benefit matter", very clearly demonstrates Bush government to China government's ambiguity. This ambiguity similarly also manifests in US to the Taiwan policy. US policy to the Taiwan subordinates the policy towards China. Stemming from the need which the guard and relies on for help to China, US to Taiwan implements the two-track policy which is both promoting and suppressing. Along with the Chinese strength growth, US even more pays great attention to China's function in international scene. If US want to maintain the status of "the unique superpower" and strengthen own politic, the economy and the military power unceasingly, it must cooperate with China. Because American need China in these problems such as anti-terrorism, nonproliferation, and North Korean nuclear, the Taiwan problem can more and more attenuate in the China and America relations, but US stemming from own benefit need, still could treat as Taiwan diverts China's weights.For replying the American realism policy towards China, by author' s view, on the one hand China have to strengthen to develop own strength, continue to promote own influence, display the function as a responsible great power, persist the international credit, observe the international rules. On the other hand, China must establish the strategic dialogue and the strategic cooperation in the global stratification plane with US in the mutual confidence foundation, seek the benefit confluence between China and America, enhance both countries cooperation in global and in local questions such as counter-terrorism and nonproliferation.