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In contemporary times, a Great Power Competition is being witnessed between the United States and China. On one hand, the United States is trying to sustain the current US-led liberal world order and maintain its prestigious status of the sole Superpower; on the other hand, China is trying to devise a more „just and balanced‟ world order in which it sees itself playing a dominant role. In order to maintain its hegemony, the United States has adopted successive comprehensive strategies to effectively curb China‟s rise. This paper discusses in-depth the adopted successive policies and strategies by the United States to contain China‟s rise and analyzes the efficacy of these promulgated policies.

Keywords: US-China Relations, American Grand Strategy, Great Power Competition, Indo-Pacific Region, Pivot to Asia.