The United States and the People's Republic of China maintain a unique relationship due to the high levels of interdependence between the countries' political, economic, military, and social functions. This association has been complicated in the past by Chinese industrial cyberespionage (CE) carried out against United States organizations and individuals in pursuit of economic advancement. This paper examines the nature of Chinese-American relations and determines whether its features adhere to Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye's theory of complex interdependence in Power and Interdependence. Further, this paper also explores possible reasons for a decline in Chinese CE beginning in mid-2014 and what impact this could have on the two countries' relations moving forward. / Master of Arts / The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether the United States and China have become interdependent through political, economic, military, and social means. Additionally, China has historically spied on and stolen United States’ secrets electronically for their own benefit. This trend began to slow down in mid-2014 and I offer several possible explanations for why this might have happened. Lastly, I conclude by seeing how this decline in Chinese spying reflects on the interdependent relationship between China and the United States.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/83572 |
| Date | 19 June 2018 |
| Creators | Morrison, Robert Maxwell |
| Contributors | Political Science, Brantly, Aaron F., Jardine, Eric, Dixit, Priya |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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