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People's Diplomacy: The Transformation of U.S.-China Relations in the Cold War

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K13426
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

Minami Kazushi  大阪大学, 大学院国際公共政策研究科, 准教授 (80865197)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords米中関係 / 中国系アメリカ人 / クエーカー教徒 / ニューレフト / ベトナム戦争 / 文化大革命 / 人民外交 / 冷戦 / 非国家アクター / パブリック・ディプロマシー
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、冷戦変容期(1970年代)、アメリカと中国が非国家アクターを通じて非公式な外交関係を構築した過程、すなわち「人民外交」の展開を明らかにするものである。1949年の中国共産党革命以来20年にわたり対立し、交流が寸断されてきた両国にとって、外交交渉のみにより信頼関係を回復することは不可能であった。そこで、米中政府は非国家アクターを利用し、経済・文化・教育の様々な分野で交流活動を活発化させることで、両国関係の改善を図った。本研究は、米中両国の幅広い史料を用い、これまで主に政府間外交の枠組で論じられてきた冷戦期米中関係の変容を、人民外交という新しい視点から再考察する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main result of this research was published as a single-authored book, titled People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War, published opne-access by Cornell University Press in 2023. Other results were published as articles in peer-reviewed journals in English, such as Diplomatic History and Cold War History. One article is currently under review. In addition, one chapter was published in an edited volume. Through these results, this research has promoted understanding of U.S.-China relations in the 1970s that went beyond the conventional focus on government-to-government relations.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究を通じて、冷戦変容期(1970年代)、アメリカと中国が非国家アクターを通じて非公式な外交関係を構築した過程、すなわち「人民外交」の展開を明らかにすることができた。冷戦期の敵対関係を克服するため、米中政府は非国家アクターを利用し、経済・文化・教育の様々な分野で交流活動を活発化させることで、両国関係の改善を図った。本研究は、米中両国の幅広い史料を用い、これまで主に政府間外交の枠組で論じられてきた冷戦期米中関係の変容を、人民外交という新しい視点から再考察することで、現代米中関係への従来の理解を覆すことができたと言える。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Shanghai University(中国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] From Imperialists to Pacifists: American Quakers and U.S.-China Relations in the Cold War2024

    • Author(s)
      Gong Bingyi, Kazushi Minami
    • Journal Title

      Cold War History

      Volume: 不明

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Perpetual Foreigners: Chinese Americans and the U.S. Opening to China2023

    • Author(s)
      Minami Kazushi
    • Journal Title

      Diplomatic History

      Volume: 47 Issue: 3 Pages: 446-471

    • DOI

      10.1093/dh/dhad006

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Eyes and Ears of the Dragon: Open-Source Intelligence and Chinese Foreign Policy during the Cold War2023

    • Author(s)
      Huajie Jiang, Kazushi Minami
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cold War Studies

      Volume: 25 Issue: 2 Pages: 41-63

    • DOI

      10.1162/jcws_a_01141

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Perpetual Foreigners: Chinese Americans and the U.S. Opening to China2023

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Minami
    • Journal Title

      Diplomatic History

      Volume: 47-3

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The Global Energy Crises and China’s Economic Statecraft, 1973-19792023

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Minami
    • Organizer
      Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: The Oil Crises of the 1970s and the Transformation of the Postwar World
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Moral Weapon: Rethinking China’s Bomb and the Risk of Nuclear War in Asia2023

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Minami
    • Organizer
      Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Global Energy Crises and Chinese Oil Diplomacy, 1973-19832021

    • Author(s)
      南和志
    • Organizer
      workshop on the oil crises and transformation of the international economic order of Asia in the 1970s
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 冷戦期米中人民外交の展開2020

    • Author(s)
      南和志
    • Organizer
      アメリカ史学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] People’s Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed U.S.-China Relations during the Cold War2024

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Minami
    • Total Pages
      264
    • Publisher
      Cornell University Press
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Chinese Economic Statecraft from 1978 to 1989: The First Decade of Deng Xiaoping’s Reforms2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Minami
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Protest in the Vietnam War Era2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Minami
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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