China's Dilemma: The Taiwan Issue

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Contents i© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore CHINA’S DILEMMA The Taiwan Issue ii Contents© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional research centre for scholars and other specialists concerned with modern Southeast Asia, particularly the many-faceted problems of stability and security, economic development, and political and social change. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). The Institute is governed by a twenty-two-member Board of Trustees comprising nominees from the Singapore Government, the National University of Singapore, the various Chambers of Commerce, and professional and civic organizations. An Executive Committee oversees day-to-day operations; it is chaired by the Director, the Institute’s chief academic and administrative officer. Contents iii© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore SHENG LIJUN CHINA’S DILEMMA The Taiwan Issue INSTITUTEOF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES Singapore iv Contents© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore First published in Singapore in 2001 by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 Internet e-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg World Wide Web: http://www.iseas.edu.sg/pub.html First published in the United States of America and Europe in 2001 by Tauris Academic Studies an imprint of I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London WC1B 4DZ and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the author and his interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the Institute or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Sheng, Lijun. China’s dilemma : the Taiwan issue. 1. Chinese reunification question, 1949– 2. China—Foreign relations—Taiwan. 3. Taiwan—Foreign relations—China. 4. United States—Foreign relations—China. 5. China—Foreign relations—United States. 6. United States—Foreign relations—Taiwan. 7. Taiwan—Foreign relations—United States. 8. China—Politics and government—1976– 9. Taiwan—Politics and government—1988– I. Title. DS777.55 S54 2001 sls2000063073 ISBN 981-230-076-7 (soft cover) ISBN 981-230-077-5 (hard cover) Typeset by International Typesetters Pte. Ltd. Printed in Singapore by Stamford Press Pte. Ltd. ...