Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Maps and Graph
- List of Acronyms
- Introduction: Evaluating China’s Maritime Strategy in the South China Sea
- 1 The Early History of the South China Sea Disputes
- 2 China’s Maritime Territorial Disputes with Vietnam
- 3 China’s Spratly-KIG Maritime Dispute with the Philippines
- 4 China’s Continental Shelf Dispute with Malaysia
- 5 China’s Energy Resources Dispute with Brunei
- 6 China’s Natuna Island Fishing Dispute with Indonesia
- 7 China’s Sovereignty Disputes with Taiwan
- 8 The United States as the South China Sea Maritime Arbiter
- Conclusions: China’s Contemporary and Future Maritime Strategy in the SCS
- Appendix A Timeline
- SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
Document 11 - Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America, 16 December 1978
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Maps and Graph
- List of Acronyms
- Introduction: Evaluating China’s Maritime Strategy in the South China Sea
- 1 The Early History of the South China Sea Disputes
- 2 China’s Maritime Territorial Disputes with Vietnam
- 3 China’s Spratly-KIG Maritime Dispute with the Philippines
- 4 China’s Continental Shelf Dispute with Malaysia
- 5 China’s Energy Resources Dispute with Brunei
- 6 China’s Natuna Island Fishing Dispute with Indonesia
- 7 China’s Sovereignty Disputes with Taiwan
- 8 The United States as the South China Sea Maritime Arbiter
- Conclusions: China’s Contemporary and Future Maritime Strategy in the SCS
- Appendix A Timeline
- SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The People's Republic of China and the United States of America have agreed to recognize each other and to establish diplomatic relations as of January 1, 1979.
The United States of America recognizes the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China. Within this context, the people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan.
The People's Republic of China and the United States of America reaffirm the principles agreed on by the two sides in the Shanghai Communique and emphasize once again that:
– Both wish to reduce the danger of international military conflict.
– Neither should seek hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region or in any other region of the world and each is opposed to efforts by any other country or group of countries to establish such hegemony.
Neither is prepared to negotiate on behalf of any third party or to enter into agreements or understandings with the other directed at other states.
–The Government of the United States of America acknowledges the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China.
–Both believe that normalization of Sino-American relations is not only in the interest of the Chinese and American peoples b ut also contrib utes to the cause of peace in Asia and the world.
The People's Republic of China and the United States of America will exchange Ambassadors and establish Embassies on March 1, 1979.
Source:http://www.china-embassy.org/ eng/zmgx/doc/ etc/t36256.htm
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- China's Naval Operations in the South China SeaEvaluating Legal, Strategic and Military Factors, pp. 235Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2017