对珍宝岛事件是中美关系缓和契机的再认识

Recognition of the U.S. Policy-makers' Judgments and Their Countermeasures to the 1969 China-Soviet Boundary Clash Event

1969年中苏边界冲突的珍宝岛事件发生后,中美关系走向缓和。中美关系的缓和,既是两国领导人为适应形势发展的需要而做出的现实选择,是毛泽东和周恩来与尼克松和基辛格的伟大杰作,又是历史发展的必然结果;而珍宝岛事件在中美关系缓和进程中只是起着催化剂的作用。

The 1969 China- Soviet boundary clash definitely facilitated the Nixon government to loosen up its China policy. But according to the latest declassified files published by the U.S. and the new discoveries of the Cold War history research, the boundary clash was not bound to the contact between U.S. and China . It was just because the Soviet Union＇ s performance during the boundary clash makes the Nixon government suspicious to its strategical purpose that the U. S. speeded up the process of contacting with China. At the same time China understood that the Soviet Union is the biggest threat, in order to avoid being attacked by both sides, and considering the American initiative attitude towards China, the Chinese leaders determined to change its strategy . the two countries ultimately realize the alleviation of their relationship.