艰难的握手：中美实现平民回国问题谈判的历程

1954～1955年,处于敌对状态的中美两国实现了日内瓦会议上的外交接触,并最终就平民回国问题达成协议。这对于冷战时期的中美双方具有特殊意义。根据两国解密的外交档案来看,中美在参加日内瓦会议前都曾有意识地就解决平民回国问题做了准备,新中国政府采取以静制动的策略争取了主动,最终促成这次看似偶然实则必然的外交谈判。谈判本身及最终协议的达成,对此后中美关系的发展产生了重要影响。

A Hard-Won Handshake:The Process of Talks Between China and the United States on Civilians'Return to Their Respective Homeland

The two countries of China and the United States hostile to each other then,had their first diplomatic contacts during the Geneva Conference in 1954 and 1955 and reached agree- ment on civilians'return to their respective homeland.This was of special significance to the two antagonistic countries during the Cold War.According to the declassified files,the two countries both made preparations for the solution of the problem regarding the civilians'return to their respec- tive homeland before the Geneva Confe...