Download or read book A New Era of U.s.-china Relations? written by Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of the United States' relationship with the People's Republic of China has arguably entered a new era. Since President Xi Jinping assumed the leadership role in China, U.S.-China affairs have steadily undergone a fundamental transformation. In this new era, the PRC is more assertive and, indeed, aggressive on an entire range of issues covering the political, security, and socioeconomic spectrums. The U.S.-China relationship is one of our most important given what is at stake. And when we discuss what exactly is at stake—such as peace and security across the Taiwan Strait and freedom of navigation and movement in the East China and South China Seas—we see that not enough attention is being given to this critical relationship. Just a few months ago, the debate focused on whether the administration's "pivot to Asia" was adequately resourced. It's clear the administration is struggling to find a way to better direct America's resources toward the Asia-Pacific and find a way to manage the growth of maritime territorial disputes. As a result, with this void, we see that China is shifting its assertiveness in the security arena and is now focusing it on American businesses operating in that country.