Half a century since President Nixon's determination to establish strong U.S. China relations, it has become evident that Washington has been too confident about their influence on China's global pathway. Free traders, financial analysts, and patriots alike have been disproved in their belief that China's political choices would be altered by a dominating American presence. Little has come to alter China's own personal authority, including the failure of U.S military power diplomacy, nor did trade deals set to encourage economic and political openness. Therefore, it is now necessary, more than ever, to encourage a recouping and rethinking of the United States' approach to China; the importance of such reestablishment overcomes any risks pertaining to a destabilization of current bilateral relationships with Beijing, instead drawing focus to new policy making. Only then will all foreign actors, primarily the United States, have the possibility of encouraging economic and political liberalization within China.
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