Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan’s Democratization

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AMS APEC ARATS MEAN ASW CASS CCP CINCPAC CMC OF·31 OPP GAIT GIO GNP ICBM IDF IECOF lMF IPR KMT LOP MFA MFN MOD MOFA MOU MSS NOU NORINCO NPC PLA Abbreviations Academy of MilltaJy Sdences (China) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (China) Assodation of Southeast Asian Nations Antisubmarine warfare Chinese Academy of Social Sdences (China) Chinese Communist Party Commander in Chief, Padftc (United States) Central Military Commission (China) Dongfeng 31 (China) Democratic Progressive party (faiwan) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Government Information Office (faiwan) Gross National Product Intercontinental ballastic missile Indigenous Defense Fighter (faiwan) International Economic Cooperation Development Fund (faiwan) International Monetary Fund Intellectual Property Rights Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) (faiwan) Liberal Democratic Party Oapan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (China) Most Favored Nation Ministry of Defense (China) MiniStry of Foreign Affairs Oapan) Memorandum of Understanding Ministry ofState Security (China) National Defense University (China) North China Industrial Corporation (China) National People's Congress (China) People's Liberation Army (China) xi xii Abbreviations PRe People's Republic ofChina ROC Republic ofChina SD' Self Defense Force Oapan) SEll Straits Exchange Foundation (Taiwan) SRlM Short Range Ballistic Missile TRA Taiwan Relations Act UN United Nations USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WID World Trade Organization FACE OFF ...