试析约翰逊政府对中美大使级会谈的策略与意图

约翰逊政府时期,美国一方面把中美大使级会谈作为应对批评美国对华政策缺乏灵活性的挡箭牌,把中美僵硬对峙的责任推给中国;另一方面,随着国际局势的变化,开始把中美大使级会谈作为与中国联系的潜在的、有用的渠道,避免两国发生直接武装冲突。约翰逊政府与尼克松政府对会谈的不同立场,说明20世纪60年代中美关系是由美国对华政策决定的,美国在中美关系中占据主导地位。

A Tentative Analysis of the Johnson Administration's Strategy and Intention with Regard to Sino-US Talks at Ambassadorial Level

During the Johnson administration,the United States on the one hand made use the Sino-US ambassadorial talks to shield off criticism of U.S.policy towards China for its lack of flexibility and shift the responsibility for the rigid confrontation between the two countries onto China;on the other hand,with changes in international situation,the United States began to treat the Sino-US ambassadorial talks as a potentially useful channel to avoid a direct armed conflict between the two countries.The different p...