Promoting Bilateral People-to-People Exchange Amid Rising China-U.S. Strategic Competition

Amid the escalating trade war and a growing Washington consensus on a hardline China policy, the China-U.S. relationship has entered a prolonged period of strategic competition and uncertainty. Strengthening cultural and people-to-people exchange at the sub-national level may serve as an important m...

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Main Author: Yaling Pan
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Language:English
Published: World Century Publishing Corporation 2019-01-01
Series:China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies
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Online Access:http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2377740019500143
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description Amid the escalating trade war and a growing Washington consensus on a hardline China policy, the China-U.S. relationship has entered a prolonged period of strategic competition and uncertainty. Strengthening cultural and people-to-people exchange at the sub-national level may serve as an important means of stabilizing the increasingly unpredictable bilateral relationship. Yet, while economic ties continue to expand between Chinese provinces and cities and their American counterparts, bilateral cultural and people-to-people exchange has lagged far behind, partly due to a lack of understanding of Chinese provincial and local governments about how American society is changing, especially with regard to political and electoral realignments that underpin the Trump presidency. To mitigate the mentality of rising strategic competition on both sides and build a solid ground for a more durable China-U.S. relationship, the Chinese central, provincial and local governments need to foster a better understanding of American society and improve the institutions and approaches that support enhancement of the bilateral cultural and people-to-people exchange.
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spelling doaj.art-2d98c7a1be57441da6632af72d1757f22022-12-21T18:40:09ZengWorld Century Publishing CorporationChina Quarterly of International Strategic Studies2377-74002377-74192019-01-015216117610.1142/S237774001950014310.1142/S2377740019500143Promoting Bilateral People-to-People Exchange Amid Rising China-U.S. Strategic CompetitionYaling Pan0Institute of Indian Studies, 2 North Cuihu Road, Kunming 650091, ChinaAmid the escalating trade war and a growing Washington consensus on a hardline China policy, the China-U.S. relationship has entered a prolonged period of strategic competition and uncertainty. Strengthening cultural and people-to-people exchange at the sub-national level may serve as an important means of stabilizing the increasingly unpredictable bilateral relationship. Yet, while economic ties continue to expand between Chinese provinces and cities and their American counterparts, bilateral cultural and people-to-people exchange has lagged far behind, partly due to a lack of understanding of Chinese provincial and local governments about how American society is changing, especially with regard to political and electoral realignments that underpin the Trump presidency. To mitigate the mentality of rising strategic competition on both sides and build a solid ground for a more durable China-U.S. relationship, the Chinese central, provincial and local governments need to foster a better understanding of American society and improve the institutions and approaches that support enhancement of the bilateral cultural and people-to-people exchange.http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2377740019500143china-u.s. relationshippeople-to-people exchangeeconomic cooperationsocial realignment
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Promoting Bilateral People-to-People Exchange Amid Rising China-U.S. Strategic Competition
China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies
china-u.s. relationship
people-to-people exchange
economic cooperation
social realignment
title Promoting Bilateral People-to-People Exchange Amid Rising China-U.S. Strategic Competition
title_full Promoting Bilateral People-to-People Exchange Amid Rising China-U.S. Strategic Competition
title_fullStr Promoting Bilateral People-to-People Exchange Amid Rising China-U.S. Strategic Competition
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Bilateral People-to-People Exchange Amid Rising China-U.S. Strategic Competition
title_short Promoting Bilateral People-to-People Exchange Amid Rising China-U.S. Strategic Competition
title_sort promoting bilateral people to people exchange amid rising china u s strategic competition
topic china-u.s. relationship
people-to-people exchange
economic cooperation
social realignment
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