Title Dangerous strait : the U.S.--Taiwan--China crisis / Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, editor.

Publication Info.	New York : Columbia University Press, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 272 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-262) and index.
Contents	Dangerous strait : introduction / Nancy Bernkopf Tucker -- The unfinished business of Taiwan's democratization / Shelley Rigger -- Building a Taiwanese republic : the independence movement, 1945-present / Steven Phillips -- Lee Teng-hui and "separatism" / Richard Bush -- China-Taiwan economic linkage : between insulation and superconductivity / T.J. Cheng -- Taiwan's defense reforms and military modernization program : objectives, achievements, and obstacles / Michael D. Swaine -- U.S.-Taiwan security cooperation : enhancing an unofficial relationship / Michael S. Chase -- Strategic ambiguity or strategic clarity? / Nancy Bernkopf Tucker.
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Summary	Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will have profound ramifications in its relationship with China as well as in relations between China and the United States. Events late in 2004 demonstrated the volatility of the situation, as Taiwan's legislative elections unexpectedly preserved a slim majority for supporters of closer relations with China. Beijing, nevertheless, thr.
Subject	United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
	China -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan.
	Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	China -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan.
	Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- China.
	Taiwan Strait -- Strategic aspects.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
	China -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan.
	Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	China -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan.
	Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- China.
	Taiwan Strait -- Strategic aspects.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
	Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
	Strategic aspects of individual places. (OCoLC)fst01355062
	China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
	South China Sea -- Taiwan Strait. (OCoLC)fst01257517
	Taiwan. (OCoLC)fst01207854
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf.
Other Form:	Print version: Dangerous strait. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005 0231135645 (DLC) 2004059373 (OCoLC)56686352
ISBN	0231509634 (electronic bk.)
	9780231509633 (electronic bk.)

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