A New Model of China-US Big Power Relations: A Symbolic Sign in Foreign Affairs

Abstract

that this new model of China-US big power relations is more like a symbolic sign in foreign affairs rather than a strategic challenge or a threat or an effective and workable mechanism at this moment, and meanwhile analyses this view from diachronic and semiotic perspectives. The analyses reveal that the new model functions as a symbolic sign, signifying to the world that conceptually the two big powers have a good and harmonious relationship.Keywords: a new model of China-US big power relations, a symbolic sign, diachronic perspective, semiotic perspective