China-U.S. Relations in the “Brave New World”

Apr 02, 2015 | http://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/china-u-s-relations-in-the-brave-new-world/

Cui Liru

Cui Liru is the former President of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR).

China-U.S. Relations in the “Brave New World”

China is a rising power that increasingly finds itself at the center of global controversy. The West (i.e. the United States, Europe, Japan, plus some non-Western countries) is watching China guardedly, sometimes as a potential competitor. This is a new development in China’s strategic environment that has emerged only in the last few years.
The world is undergoing a historic transition from a uni-polar one to a multi-polar one. Essentially, it means the dissolution of a world order dominated by the U.S., the only superpower after the collapse of the Soviet Union marking the end of the Cold War. Multiple poles are emerging in today’s world, led by some developing economies, particularly China. While we can continue to debate the decline of the US – whether it is relative or absolute – the truth is, the U.S. is less of a dominant factor in global politics. It is anyone’s guess what a multi-polar world would look like, but the transition has certainly begun.http://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/china-u-s-relations-in-the-brave-new-world/