Foreign policies are extremely important to the United States. The United States is fully recognized as the most powerful nation on earth and with that power comes definitive sense of responsibility. The main purpose of every countries foreign policy is to survive and stay strong in today's world. It is policy that provides a strong national security, keeps a good economy with other nations, and is a chance to provide influence on the world; but above all this is the desire for international peace. One of the main ways to conduct good foreign policy is that of diplomacy, where nations negotiate and compromise problems they might have in order to get along. By these diplomatic relations, countries can interact with one another and learn to work together for a better understanding of each other's nations. Every president uses diplomacy as part of his foreign policy. We will be examining the last term of the Clinton administration and his perspective of foreign policies and China.
             Many say that Bill Clintons' foreign policy for his first term is passive and reactive. Leading Republicans say that the Clinton administration was a foreign policy of wish fulfillment and that it wanted China to respect their people and their rights. His
             position has overwhelmed his administration since its initiation. Clinton began the expansion of his presidential power concerning foreign policy, and many historians say that the only other president to rival this power was Nixon. The basis of the United States policy toward Asia has always been that of an "Open Door Policy", which means a belief that, no power, east or west, should have domination in the region. As China's economy escalates so will their need for oil. With limited resources and China having an authoritarian government, eventually interests will clash over the need for oil. The recent policy is to encourage economic growth in anticipation...