The Past 100 Years: China, the West and the World

The last 100 years have seen dramatic changes in the relation between the West and China. From 19211945 China was chiefly seen by the West as an ally against Japans militarist aggression. Then from 19491972 the US launched cold, and hot (Vietnam, Korea), wars involving China. In 1972 Nixon made his dramatic trip to Beijing starting 40 years of overall USChina détente. Then, from 2012, the US launched the Pivot to Asia, a clearly aggressive policy against China. This was deepened under Trump and Biden by an open US new cold war against China. What lies behind these dramatic shifts in US policy to China How has China responded What are the chances to end this cold war and return USChina relations to a path of cooperation These are among the questions that will be discussed by leading Chinese and Western experts on China and its international relations at a ChinaWest webinar on 21 July at 9am US Eastern, 9pm China, 2pm Britain.