AMERICAN BUSINESS AND NORMALIZATION OF US-CHINA COMMERCIAL RELATIONS, 1979–1980
Building a strategic alignment against the Soviet Union was in the late 1960s the driving force behind Sino-American rapprochement. In 1978 Cold War politics prompted the Carter administration to recognize the People’s Republic. In 1979—80 military and strategic cooperation dominated Sino-Amthcan re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Economic & Business History Society
2005-06-01
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| Series: | Essays in Economic and Business History |
| Online Access: | https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/158 |
| Summary: | Building a strategic alignment against the Soviet Union was in the late 1960s the driving force behind Sino-American rapprochement. In 1978 Cold War politics prompted the Carter administration to recognize the People’s Republic. In 1979—80 military and strategic cooperation dominated Sino-Amthcan relations; economic and cultural ties were secondary. Yet growing trade and cultural exchanges were useful means for broadening the basis of the relationship and generating a perception of progress. |
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| ISSN: | 0896-226X |