| This paper selects the smart power diplomacy and China policy of the Obama administration’s firstterm as the research object, aims to better understand and grasp the present government’s attitude andpolicy toward China, better study Sino-US relationship both at present and in the future.Sino-US relation is of great importance, both of them are the world big powers, and the developmentof bilateral relation affects current international pattern and international relation and has far-reachingimpact on world peace and development. The adjustment of the Obama administration’s China policydirectly affects the Sino-US relation, to study the China policy is of great practical and strategicsignificance to the study of development of Sino-U.S. relation.This paper analyses on the smart power diplomacy and China policy systematically in Obama’s firstterm through variable analysis, hierarchy analysis, case analysis, comparative analysis etc., first of all, itstudies the background of China policy of the Obama government, that is, the smart power diplomaticstrategy adjustment, the global strategy adjustment, the Asia-Pacific strategy adjustment, the overallenvironment of the world, the international and domestic political and economical environment the U.S. isfacing, this paper is to study what kind of disturbances these intervention forces cause to the subjectinvestigated; Secondly, it explores the Obama government’s China strategy adjustment, that is, under thesmart power diplomatic strategy, global strategy and the above various environmental factors, how toadjust the China strategy, what adjustments have been made, and what differences between this strategyand the strategy of George W. Bush administration. Finally, it inquires the Obama administration’s specificChina policy after the strategy adjustment of Obama administration; the author mainly analyzes thegovernment’s foreign policy, economic and trade policy, military policy, cultural policy and China policyin other fields, including technology, energy, education, talent etc., and it finds China policy rules throughthese representations, that is, the two-sidedness of Obama government’s foreign policy, through theanalysis of the causes of its two sides, it compares it with the two-sidedness of George W. Bushgovernment, the intensity degree and the hidden American true strategic intention towards China behindthe representation.The present Sino-US relationship is very complicated. The overall trend is just as what isdemonstrated by the basic principle of the new liberalism, under the international background with peaceand development as its mainstream, the overall relationship has changed for the better, because it involvesthe strategic and fundamental interests of China and US, which has broad cooperation space in the fieldsof politics, economy, culture, education, etc.. Both sides have extensive converging interests, which havebecome consensus and foundation of the strategic relation, it guides the macro-development direction ofSino-US relation. But it is not difficult for us to find that some inharmonious factors in Sino-USrelationship, the strategic hostility and curb against China never change radically, China’s rapiddevelopment and rise will definitely cause worry and fear to the US new right-wing conservative, in their opinion, the present strength of China can not be ignored, the rapid development of China will necessarilyimpact and challenge the hegemony of the United States, so the United States must contain and delayChina’s rise. This factor is also reflected in the China policy during Obama’s first term.Generally speaking, during Obama’s first term, Sino-US relation is stable and healthy, Sino-USrelations ushered in a new period of historic opportunity during Obama’s second term, under the guidanceof smart power thought and strategy with peace, development, listening, cooperation and coexistence asits core, the present Sino-US relation will continue to move forward along the healthy, friendly, mutuallybeneficial, pragmatic direction. |
