英语六级备考读文章记单词9_大学英语单词

英语六级备考读文章记单词9

　　Thawing of the Cold War--the 1970s to 2001

　　American Cold War policy ensued until the early 1970s, when some major changes in thinking were inaugurated. Communist Chinas entry to the United Nations was a setback for the United States. The Vietnam War was not going well. In the early 70s, American President Nixon, the arch-conservative and anti-communist president, up to that point, was preparing to visit China and the Soviet Union. Why would an American president visit these enemies? The Americans came to the realization that the development of good relations with its counterparts in the communist world was necessary. A forthcoming, more pragmatic approach to foreign policy with China was to be a departure from the adverse ideological approach. The United States had lost solid backing from traditional supporters, as illustrated by Communist Chinas entry into the United Nations.

　　The question as to whether Nationalist China or the Peoples Republic of China should hold Chinas permanent Security Council seat, was a topic of much discussion and debate for years. For many countries, the idea of ignoring one third of the worlds population at the UN was difficult to rationalize. This debate ensued until 1971, when the Peoples Republic of China finally displaced Nationalist China at the United Nations, including the permanent seat, originally held by Nationalist China in the Security Council. A baffled United States could no longer persuade nor intimidate the majority of the countries in the UN General Assembly to keep Communist China out of the UN. The United States had little choice but to eventually extend official recognition to the Peoples Republic of China.