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
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
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