Word: sino
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Paul F. Walker, research fellow in the Center for Science and International Affairs: I would agree with Professor Bernstein on that. But there was really a three-pronged reason for normalization. Number one was the inherent Chinese fear of Soviet military forces massed along the Sino-Soviet border, and Chinese desire to play the "American card" in a sort of balance of power game. I think the second reason was clearly Taiwan, to entice the United States away from the Taiwanese--certainly to the detriment of Taiwan, from the Taiwanese viewpoint. The third reason is that the standard of living...
...much do the Soviets really fear a friendly Sino-American relationship? Is this fear strong enough to act as a deterrent to Soviet ambitions worldwide...
...event of a Sino-Soviet conflict, could the United States avoid getting involved? Or should we allow ourselves to get involved...
...haggling during the three face-to-face sessions. At one point, Michel Oksenberg, the National Security Council's China specialist, slid a scribbled note across the table to Presidential Aide Hamilton Jordan. The euphoric message: "This is a historic meeting. You are witnessing the takeoff of Sino-American relations." Another White House aide said of Carter and Teng: "It's impossible to exaggerate the significance of their personal rapport. There's a feel to the relationship that will set the tone for the future...
...White House proposed a joint statement after all. State Department officials strongly advised against any mention of hegemony. But Carter decided to go along with the reasoning of White House advisers who maintained that there had been "no big hassle" when the same code word had appeared in previous Sino-American declarations. It was Brzezinski, in fact, who suggested that the addition of "domination" would moderate the irritating aspects of "hegemony." This mysterious reasoning apparently persuaded Vance, and at a meeting between the two men, he went along with Brzezinski's view. Said one senior Carter aide: "The Chinese...