Theoretical Analysis Of America's China Hedge Strategy

The end of the cold war brought tremendous change in both theory and practiceof international relationship. Not only the two-polar pattern of the world, but alsostates’ national interest and way of behaviour in international relationship, hadchanged. Development of globalization breaks the integrity of national interest,which makes a country’s different aspects of interest split, even opposes each other.Simultaneously, international institution serves as platform, on which states plays thegame of power with each other. Power performs increasingly as the ability offormulating procedures and rules of international regimes, which restricts behaviourof states.The split of national interest present in the east Asian region is the inconformityof economic benefit with security interest. On one hand, economic development ofChina benefits countries in the region; on the other hand, rising China challenges theregion’s traditional safe mode, which formed in the era of cold war. To cope withthis situation, many East Asian countries choose the strategy of hedging: Cooperatewith China in the field of economy, at the same time confront China in the scope ofsecurity, so as to gain both economic and security interest.Through the United States is not an East Asia Country, it has been deeplyinvolved in affairs of this region. Hedging strategy of the U.S. toward China showsthe character of big power: Signaling its strategic intent as to shape the behaviour ofChina by means of institutionalization. The U.S. considers China’s open policy as achance to include it into America leading international regimes, in which Chinamust obey regime orders established by the U.S. and reflects its interest and value.The national objectives of hedging strategy toward China is to guarantee interestfrom mutual cooperation, and persuade China to accept status quo completely,preventing any challenge toward U.S. hegemony. However, the deepen and broadenof globalization in different levels makes it difficult to be controlled by only one superpower. It weakens the effect of hedging strategy.