Abstract
This article examines America's response to the rise of China and its impact on Sino‐US relations by putting it in the context of the overall Asia policy of the Bush administration. It first looks at the Bush administration's global strategy and the place of Asia policy in the hierarchy of US foreign policy. Then, the article examines the changing dynamics of American foreign policy towards China and China's response. This study introduces Power Transition theory as an analytical tool behind America's China policy. It further uses two flashpoints in the Asia Pacific — the Taiwan issue and the North Korea nuclear crisis — as examples to analyse recent developments in Sino‐US relations. It also provides assessments of the conditions for a change of tide concerning the future direction of US policy towards China.
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