The Future of United States, China, and Taiwan Relations

C. Lin, D. Roy, C. Lin, D. Roy

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9780230112780
• eBook ISBN: 9780230118966
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Relations across the Taiwan Strait were unstable for decades before May 2008. Several acknowledged "crises" raised the possibility of war between China and the US and/or Taiwan and at times political disputes wracked the US-Taiwan relationship. Nevertheless, the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979 helped maintain peace by deterring coercive actions by China against the island.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword: Varieties of Sovereignty
• List of Contributors
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Taiwan’s Political Development and U.S.-China Relations
• 3 The “ASL” as the “Anti-TRA”: The Impact of China’s Anti-Secession Law on U.S. Relations with Taiwan
• 4 The TRA, Cross-Strait Relations, and Sino-U.S. Relations: Searching for Cross-Strait Stability
• 5 A Status Quo with Different Interpretations: Taiwan, China, the United States, and Security in the Taiwan Strait
• 6 Lobbying for a “U.S.-Taiwan FTA” in the U.S. Congress: Which “Fast Track”? What Target?
• 7 The United States as a Balancer in Cross-Strait Relations, 2000–2008
• 8 The U.S.-China-Taiwan Relationship: New Circumstances, Persistent Challenges
• 9 Taiwan’s Participation in the World Health Organization: The U.S. “Facilitator” Role
• 10 Japan’s Perspective on U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations
• 11 U.S. Debates About Taiwan’s Security, 1979–2009
• Index