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Asia and the Pacific

The war on terrorism has not eclipsed East Asia's importance to the United States. America's interests in Asia are many and include trade and economic policies, alliances, and democratic reforms; but assuring peace in that region is the most important.

 

Rethinking One China

Rethinking One China

Edited by John J. Tkacik, Jr.

“One China” poses a dilemma for American foreign policy. China says Taiwan is part of China; Taiwan says it is not. Meanwhile, the United States refuses to support either position. This American agnosticism is confusingly called the “One China Policy.” The essays in this book look at the reality: that two separate countries now face each other across the Taiwan Strait. One is the emerging Chinese superpower on the Asian mainland, and the other is the young Taiwanese democracy in the island rim of the Western Pacific.

Table of Contents

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Rethinking One China

Chapter 2: Confronting Reality: There are Two Chinas

Chapter 3: The Taiwan Realtions Act: The Next 25 Years

Chapter 4: American Diplomacy, and the Origins of Cross-Straight Tensions

Chapter 5: Humoring Chinese Irridentism: Invitation to Disaster

Chapter 6: Cognitive Dissonance: China and the Bush Doctrine

Chapter 7: Two Congressman Look at "One China"

Chapter 8: Understanding and Misunderstanding China Policy: A Primer

Appendix A: Rethining "One China": A Fiction More Dangerous Thank Useful

Appendix B: Taiwan Relations Act

Appendix C: Memorandum

Contributers & Acknowledgements

 
 
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