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...IMPORTANT that the United States build a solid, long-term relationship with China, one which would not fizzle in the event -- for example -- of a limited Sino-Soviet rapprochement. The United States should not make any promises which it is not certain that it can carry...
During a recent talk to students in East Asian legal studies at Harvard, McGill University Professor Paul Lin made a comment concerning China's internal institutional development which may have some application to the problem of Sino-American relations. To borrow his terminology: the United States and China should now attempt to find an optimal balance in the building of their relations in order not to create political and economic imbalances which might jeopardize their long-term relationship and relations among other countries in Asia...
...given more space than a trip by the same team to France, a sure sign-experts claim-of China's priorities in foreign affairs. Several weeks ago, two large, front-page pictures of Henry Kissinger with Chairman Mao Tse-tung confirmed to China watchers that another thaw in Sino-American relations was indeed occurring...
Alsop is bullish on Sino-U.S. relations-at least while the Russian threat remains. He claimed that the Chinese are even reconsidering their opposition to a strong U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia, and may come to view it as a force neutralizing Soviet might. "It's known," Alsop quipped, "as singing out of the other side of your mouth, because now you know on which side your bread is buttered...
Cold Realism. For all the good humor, there is likely to be less warmth than cold realism in the resumed Sino-Japanese dialogue. "The two societies are radically different," reminds Harvard Asia Scholar Edwin Reischauer, a former U.S. Ambassador to Japan. "I do not see them drawing close together merely on the basis of being Asian." Peking wants some specific things from Tokyo, notably access to Japan's modern technology. But the two capitals are mainly concerned with each other's place in Asia's emerging four-power equilibrium. The Chinese, who opened the way to last...