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1、Sino-AmericanRelation:DanglingBetweenFriendsandRivals姓名：微微班級：ii級英語二班學(xué)號:1112019677二零一三年三月1.IntroductionSino?AmericanrelationsrefertointernationalrelationsbetweentheUnitedStatesofAmerica(U.S.A.)andthegovernmentofPeopledRepublicofChina(PRC).MostanalystscharacterizepresentSino-Am
2、ericanrelationsasbeingcomplexandmulti-faceted.TheUnitedStatesandthePeople'sRepublicofChinaareusuallyneitheralliesnorenemies;theUSgovernmentandthemilitaryestablishmentdonotregardtheChineseasanadversarybutasacompetitorinsomeareasandapartnerinothers.Asof2011,theUnitedStateshasth
3、eworld'slargesteconomyandChinathesecondlargest.Chinahastheworld'slargestpopulationandtheUnitedStateshasthethirdlargest.ChinaisalsothelargestforeigncreditorfortheUnitedStates.China'schallengesanddifficultiesaremainlyinternal,andthereisadesiretomaintainstablerelationswiththeUni
4、tedStates.TheSino-Americanrelationshiphasbeendescribedbytopleadersandacademicsastheworld'smostimportantbilateralrelationshipofthe21stcentury.2.history2.1OpiumWarsTheendoftheFirstOpiumWarin1842ledtotheAnglo-ChineseTreatyofNankingwhichforcedmanyChineseportsopentoforeigntrade.Un
5、tilthen,Sino-Americanrelationshadbeenconductedsolelythroughtrade,butthisnewpactbetweenBritainandChinaseverelythreatenedfurtherAmericanbusinessintheregion.ThistreatyeffectivelyendedtheeraoftheOldChinaTrade,givingtheUnitedStatesasmanytradingprivilegesasotherforeignpowers.2.2Wor
6、ldWarIITheoutbreakoftheSecond-JapaneseWarin1937sawaidflowintotheRepublicofChina,ledbyChiangKai-shek,fromtheUnitedStates,underPresidentFranklinD?Roosevelt.AseriesofNeutralityActshadbeenpassedintheUSwiththesupportofisolationistswhoforbadeAmericanaidtocountriesatwar.Americanpubl
7、icsympathyfortheChinesewasarousedbyJapanesebrutalityinChina.Whenopenwarbrokeoutinthesummerof1937,theUnitedStatesofferedmoralsupportbuttooknoeffectiveaction.AfterWorldWarIIendedin1945,thehostilitybetweentheRepublicofChinaandtheCommunistPartyofChinaexplodedintoopencivilwar.Amer
8、icangeneralGeorgeC.MarshalltriedtobrokeratrucebetweentheRepublicofCh
