Contents [hide]
1 Country comparison
2 The Qing Dynasty and the United States
2.1 Old China Trade
2.2 Opium Wars
2.3 The Burlingame Treaty and the Chinese Exclusion Act
2.4 Searching for the China market
2.5 The Boxer Rebellion
2.6 Open Door Policy
3 The Republic of China and the United States
3.1 First few decades
3.2 World War II
3.3 Civil War in Mainland China
3.4 Cold War relations
3.5 Termination of diplomatic relations between ROC and US
4 The People's Republic of China and the United States
4.1 Origins of the People's Republic of China
4.2 Korean War
4.3 Vietnam War
4.4 Relations frozen
4.5 Rapprochement
4.6 Liaison Office, 1973–1978
4.7 Normalization to Beijing
4.8 Tian'anmen to September 11th, 2001
4.9 Bush administration
4.10 Obama administration
5 Economic relations
5.1 Currency dispute
5.2 Chinese perspective on the US economy
6 Important issues
6.1 Military spending and planning
6.2 Human rights
6.3 Influence in Asia
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
9.1 Historical
9.2 Recent
9.3 See also
10 External links
10.1 State Department
10.2 Other Links
10.3 Videos