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Foreign Relationship with China
One of the most complicated responsibilities as a country is foreign relations. Thankfully
in government, there are a couple of departments that deal with foreign policy and relations.
Foreign policies are formed with the help of all three branches of government (Legislative,
Executive, and Judicial). To start, the department that oversees all foreign affairs in the United
States, along with the President, is the Department of State (DOS). The responsibilities of the
DOS include “negotiating on behalf of the U.S. government with foreign governments and in
international organizations; defending U.S. position in the world… and advancing U.S. trade and
investment; and protecting U.S. nationals overseas from discriminatory and/or inhumane
treatment,” (Association). In the Department of State, there is the Secretary of State, who
reports directly to the President. According to the U.S Department of State “The Secretary of
State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s
chief foreign affairs adviser,” (State). Next, there is the National Security Council. This consists
of “President, the Vice President, the secretaries of State and Defense and the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff,” (Association). Their main duty is to aid the President in devising a foreign
policy and how to carry it out. The last department that deals with foreign policies are
intelligence agencies such as the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the NSA. These
groups fit into foreign policy making by basically collecting information about foreign entities
and determining whether it is accurate and reliable, then they report it to the President.
The history of the relationship between China and the United States of America began in
1784, right after the American revolution was over. The relationship we have now with the
Asian country started in 1784 when a merchant ship, Empress of China set sail to China. At first,
the newly founded country was looking for a purely economic relationship, buying and selling
to the Asian empire. With time, the relationship had evolved into something more than just
trade. ‘By the middle of the 19th century, the United States had attempted to push Christianity
on to China’s enormous population, (Cheng). Then, the Chinese saw an abundance of
opportunity in the United States and migrated there during the Gold Rush. Up to the end of
World War II, the Unites States supported an “open door” foreign policy. This means that China
would be able to invest and trade and “no nation would control it,” (Cheng). In 1882, the Unites
States had passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which restricted immigration for the Chinese
people. In the period known as the Korean war, the United States and Communist China were
battling against each other. A couple years down the road in the 1950s, “Communist threats
