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Face Off - China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization (Paperback, New)
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Face Off - China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization (Paperback, New)
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Taiwan's first presidential election, in 1996, sparked a Sino-U.S.
military showdown that resulted in the biggest show of U.S. naval
force in East Asia since the Vietnam War. This book is the first to
explore the origins and triangular dynamics of that historic
confrontation. Analyzing the key decisions and misperceptions that
led to the Taiwan Strait crisis, Garver warns that it may usher in
a more confrontational era of Sino-U.S. relations. China is already
emerging as an economic powerhouse and fears of its becoming an
expansionist military power have grown in recent years as China has
rapidly built up its armed forces since 1989. It has also adopted a
more assertive stance in several territorial disputes with its
neighbors, arousing new security concerns for Asia as a whole. When
China tried to intimidate Taiwan's voters by firing missiles and
conducting large-scale military exercises off its coasts in the
period preceding the 1996 election, the U.S. dispatched two
aircraft carrier battle groups to Taiwan. The prestige of all sides
was fully engaged as powerful do domestic interests demanded an
assertive posture. Eventually, China adopted a more cautious stance
and the crisis passed. But it marked the first instance of Chinese
nuclear coercion of the U.S. and gave the "China threat" new
credence in the U.S. and elsewhere in Asia. The author has studied
the Taiwan question for more than 30 years and has witnessed
first-hand the growth and culmination of Taiwan's democratization.
This sober, mature reflection of decades of thought is certain to
inform the debate on the "China threat" and the future of Sino-U.S.
relations.
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