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The relationship between the United States and China will shape the future of the planet in the 21st century. In key areas—economic growth, regional security, counter-terrorism, nonproliferation, human rights, public health and the environment—a close, candid and cooperative relationship with China offers the United States a chance to make significant progress on its global agenda. Indeed, the core international public policy challenges confronting the United States can best be managed with China’s constructive participation.
Yet at a time when U.S.-China relations offer great opportunity, the consensus behind 35 years of engagement with China is fraying. Moreover, the undeniable challenges posed by an ascendant China come at a time when the president and Congress are concentrating on a global campaign against terrorism and when the United States is carrying the burdens of major military and political commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
