On American Food Diplomacy To Asian Countries After World War

Human being can’t live without food since ancient times. It is of strategic importance fornations due to the foodstuff’s irreplaceability. In the Twentieth Century, foodstuff of Americabegan to play an important strategic role in the diplomacy. Backed by abundant foundation ofagriculture and perfect system safeguarded, America became a worldwide food supply center.And she was using food as a diplomatic weapon to gain American interests. Asia has become themain focus of American food diplomacy due to its keep geopolitics location and vast strategicresource. This article first analyzes the resource base and system safeguard of American’s fooddiplomacy deployment, then states the process in detail of American’s food diplomacy to Asiannations and regions, disclosing the nature of USA’s penetration and control to Asian nations byfood diplomatic base. And at last the article systematically argues all the interests of Americabrought by foodstuff diplomacy, reflecting the power of foodstuff.ChapterI explains the target and the meaning of the research, and summarizes theachievements home and abroad.ChapterII mainly describes the effects of foodstuff diplomacy in history and states thestrategic importance of food in history from ancient Chinese foodstuff diplomacy till early briefAmerican foodstuff diplomacy in early time.Chapter III researches the terms that America should have to deploy her food diplomacy,concerning her agriculture base and system safeguarded.Chapter IV is the main section of this article. It focuses the detailed practice of foodstuffdiplomacy on Asian nations and regions by American post-war. And the differences of foodstuffdiplomacy of India, Iran, Japan and North Korea that America made states her purpose of deepercontrol of Asian nations and regions.ChapterV discusses the interests of America brought by foodstuff diplomacy from3aspects.ChapterVI is a conclusion section of summarizing the main point of the article.