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U.S. Responses to Rise of China

U.S. Responses to Rise of China

U.S. Responses to Rise of China

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U.S. Responses to Rise of China 
 
January 18, 2011 
CHOI Wooseon
Assistant Professor
Dept. of National Security and Unification Studies
The international power struc-ture is currently going through 
a rapid and important change
within it. China’s rapid growth
lies at the core of this change. However, 
unlike the observation that China has 
emerged as a great power, thereby forming
the G-2, the international system and the 
regional system in East Asia is an 
unipolarity in which the United States
remains the sole great power with 
economic superiority and immense 
military predominance.
While clearly understanding the 
differences in interests and policy views 
of two countries, South Korea needs to 
strengthen cooperation with China in 
order to resolve the North Korea’s 
nuclear problem, ease intense tension 
with North Korea and deter North 
Korea’s another provocation. In addition,
South Korea should enhance diplomatic
efforts to avoid misunderstanding in case
that the North Korean regime collapses 
because it is possible that South Korea 
might be involved in a competition for 
preemptive action with China which has 
a vital strategic interest in maintaining 
the North Korean regime. Also, China 
will possibly worry about the emergence
of a unified Korea, particularly when 
the unification is led by South Korea. In 
this regard, South Korea should make consistent diplomatic efforts to assure 
China that the South Korean government
does not pursue the collapse of the 
North Korean regime as its policy 
objective and that South Korea has no 
intention to turn hostile towards China 
even after the unification. South Korea 
also needs to assure China that China’s 
strategic interest will be taken into 
account and that the unified Korea will 
contribute to the regional stability which
is vital for the development of both 
countries in the future.

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