Professional Affiliation

Lecturer, Liaocheng University in China

Expert Bio

Xiaohong Tian is a lecturer affiliated with the Research Center for Pacific Island Countries and School of History, Culture and Tourism in Liaocheng University in China. She received M.A and D.A degree from Shandong Normal University, where she mainly focused on history of Sino-American relationships 1860-1945, as well as Euro-American relationships during the great depression. Now her research interest is on the international relationships in the Asia and Pacific regions.

Wilson Center Project

A Study on U.S. Strategy and Policies toward the Pacific Island Countries since the End of World War II

Project Summary

Due to the region's abundant natural sources and strategic location, the area of the Pacific Island Countries (PICS) is among the few focused on by the U.S. and other powers. During the Obama presidency, the US government announced policies of Rebalancing Strategy in Asia-Pacific and strengthened military deployment to the region. It is believed that the U.S. aims to deter and prevent the increasing influence of China in this region. On the other hand, China is pushing its “going out strategy”: its contacts and exchanges with the PICS have increased greatly in recent years. Will the strategy of the U.S. and China on the PICS clash with each other? What is the status of the PICS in the global strategy of the U.S.? How has American strategy and policy on the PICS develop? Has it really changed since World War II? This Project will study these issues and try to provide answers to these questions.

Major Publications

• Publication One“A Textual Research on the Concession/ Settlement Policy of Burlingame”, World History, No.05, 2013.
• Publication Two"The American Concession at Tientsin in the Archives of America”, History Teaching, No.08, 2013.
• Publication Three“On Hoover Moratorium Plan”, Journal of Yantai University (Philosophy and Social Science Edition), No.1, 2013.