Zhou on Sino-U.S. Relations
20 April 2011 Zhou on Sino-U.S. Relations
Jinghao Zhou, associate professor of Asian Languages and Cultures, had a guest essay published in Asia Times on April 14, titled U.S.-China rivalry still a mismatch. The article begins, Over the past decade or so, the China threat theory has spread throughout the West, despite Beijings repeated pledges that Chinas rise will be peaceful.
Now, as China replaces Japan as the worlds second-largest economy behind the United Sates, fears arise that U.S. dominance is being challenged. So much so that observers say Washington is preparing for a long cold war with China by strengthening its ground and air power in Asia.
Zhou argues that it is not constructive to Sino-U.S. relations, if Washington bases its China policy on the China threat hypothesis. Thus, it is necessary to clarify whether Chinas rise really poses a challenge to U.S. dominance. Zhou argues that a rising China poses no threat to the U.S. and West through five perspectives.
Joining the faculty in 2001, Zhou teaches contemporary China. In March 2010, he was invited by China Social Sciences to give recommendations on Chinas political reform for the Conference of Chinas National Peoples Congress.
He is the author of the three books Remaking Chinas Public Philosophy for the Twenty-first Century (Praeger 2003), Remaking Chinas Public Philosophy and Chinese Womens Liberation: The Volatile Mixing of Confucianism, Marxism, and Feminism (Edwin Mellen Press 2006), and Chinas Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of Chinas Road Map to Democratization (Lexington Book, 2010).
The full article is available online.