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U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee Introduction The U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee 互信組 set out to uncover some of the possible root causes of the dauntingly complex relationship between the United States and China. We have found:  These historical differences between the two countries make peaceful US-China collaboration challenging, and the lack of mutual trust in each other’s words […]

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Colonialism in Europe and the U.S.  “The Doctrines of Christian Discovery (DoCD) originate with 15th century Papal Bulls that were issued by the Vatican and implemented by Monarchies, sanctioning the brutal conquest and colonization of non-Christians who were deemed “enemies of Christ” in Africa and the

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee China’s Tributary System From the time that China was first unified by the Qin Dynasty Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi (221 B.C), its borders have remained basically the same to this day. Every Emperor in all succeeding dynasties had perpetuated the thinking of China as the Middle Kingdom (Zhongquo 中国) around which all

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee Chinese in the U.S. The first recorded Chinese woman to arrive in the U.S. was Afong Moy. She was on board the Washington, a ship filled with Chinese goods for the American middle class, when it pulled into the New York Harbor in November 1834. https://us-china-mtc.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=924&action=edit&swcfpc=1 The Gold Rush and the

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee China in the 21st Century Since the Opium Wars the Qing Dynasty continued in its decline and was finally overthrown by Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary forces in 1911. The subsequently established Republic of China was soon consumed in a chaotic civil war, though the Japanese invasion in 1937 did force

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee The U.S. in the 21st Century Since 2017, U.S.–China relations have been going steadily downhill.  In his book, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom, John Pomfret, a journalist with extensive experience in China, traces the relationship between U.S. and China from 1776 to the book’s publication in 2016 as a series

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee Early U.S. Trade with China During the eighteenth century there was a “China-mania” among North American settlers for Asian goods such as tea. These settlers were consuming more than one million pounds of tea from China or the East Indies each year. And tea would go on to become a major

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee Public Engagement Public Engagement — We suggest a series of seminars / webinars / panel discussions / townhall forums that will range from introductory to in-depth discussions on a wide range of topics. These meetings will be open to all interested individuals. There are numerous opportunities for comparative informational exchanges / historical experiences /

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee Encouraging Dialogues and Exchanges Dialogues and Exchanges — We suggest creating, enlarging, and encouraging many, many more opportunities for in-person dialogues, civil discourses, and exchanges such as:

U.S.-China Mutual Trust Committee Historical and Cultural Context of U.S. Perspectives on the World Doctrine of Discovery and Colonialism in Europe and the U.S. The papal Doctrine of Discovery led to the declaration of the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny… Early U.S. Trade with China  Upon the outlawing of slavery, U.S. traders joined Britain and other European