| Résumé: | Rather than a direct power struggle, the current Sino-US political relationship in East Asia reveals complex interaction based on their respective identities. As the hegemonic power, the United States needs to maintain the credibility of its power and act accordingly, while the People’s Republic of China acts not only as an ascendant power that is demanding a sphere of regional recognition, but also with an interest in reestablishing its territorial integrity. This paper presents brief interpretations of the bilateral relationship from the perspective of structural realism and neoclassical realism, as well as that of constructivism, not without emphasizing the perception of the threat as the element explaining the current differences between the two countries
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