“拉森”号事件及其影响下的美国对华政策

The Lassen FONOP and Its Impact on America’s Policy toward China

"拉森"号事件是美国对华南海举措的标志性事件,它意味着中美南海正面博弈局面的形成,此后中美关系不断恶化.该事件起因于美国反对中国南沙岛礁建设,经过5个多月美国国内政治博弈才最终付诸实施.该事件初步完成了美国对华强硬南海政策的内部整合,威胁并逐步动摇了中美关系大体稳定的基础.该事件之后,美国在支持第三方同中国在南海对抗上更倾向于采取武力威慑举措;而对华武力威慑举措往往难以奏效,美国国内强硬派便寻求重新设定中美关系以扭转局面;由于中美南海正面博弈和美国大选时间上耦合,美国国内关于中美关系需要重新设定的呼声增强.这些趋势已经为中美关系发展进程大体证实.

The Lassen FONOP indicated the important adjustment of America’s SCS( South China Sea) policy,which shaped an US-China game in SCS. It began with the American objection to China’s reef reclamation in SCS,which had been finally put into practice in more than 5 months of domestic political game. It initially formed Internal consistency of America’s tough SCS policy toward China which impaired steady base between US-China relations. After the Lassen FONPO US was inclined to take deterrence of force to support the third country to oppose China in SCS. China-bashers would like to revise US-China relations to reverse the trend because of failure of deterrence of force. The coupling between the US-China game in SCS and the U. S. general election strengthened the voice of revising US-China relations. The tendency was verified by the course of US-China relations in general. So the Lassen FONOP was further regarded the symbol of the trend of America’s tough China policy.