U.S. Policy on the South China Sea and Its Impact in the Early Cold War

In the early Cold War, The South China Sea became one of the prominent places where two camp confronted, also one of the key regions where U.S. contained PRC and U.S.S.R.. U.S. strategy of containment is inevitably linked with the South China Sea issue, It is the starting point and foundation that U.S. formed its position and policy upon the South China Sea sovereignty dispute. U.S. awareness of its strategic position in the South China Sea, its harassment of South China Sea territory of PRC, and the ambiguous position on the ownership of the South China Sea islands, can not but have a profound impact on the development of situation in the South China Sea.