近年来,不少人对中美关系的发展表示悲观,认为两国意识形态对立、文化价值不同、政治体制迥异、经济摩擦增多、军事对抗明显、战略互疑上升,因此认为中美冲突乃至对抗在所难免。对尼克松访华以来中美关系发展趋势的回顾表明,两国关系从少到多,从局部到全面,从对立到趋同,从不对称到相对对称,至少形成了四大发展趋势:首先是从有限接触到全面接触,其次是从个别领域的合作到全方位合作,再次是从意识形态对立到价值接近,最后是从非对称交往 In recent years, many people expressed pessimistic about the development of Sino-U.S. Relations. They believe that the ideological confrontation between the two countries has different cultural values, different political systems, increased economic frictions, clear military confrontation and rising strategic skepticism. Therefore, Inevitable. The review of the development trend of Sino-U.S. Relations since Nixon’s visit to China shows that there are at least four major trends in the development of bilateral relations from less to more, from the partial to the comprehensive, from the opposition to the convergence, from the asymmetry to the relative symmetry, Limited access to full contact, followed by cooperation from all areas to all-round cooperation, again from the ideological opposition to the value of the close, and finally from the asymmetric exchanges