The “One China” Dilemma

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Overview on the Dilemma of “One China”: Myth Versus Reality....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The Myth of “One China”....Pages 19-36
Taiwan’s Colonial History and Postcolonial Nationalism....Pages 37-56
On the Statehood of Taiwan: A Legal Reappraisal....Pages 57-80
The Statehood of Taiwan: A Strange Case of Domestic Strength and International Challenge....Pages 81-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
National Identity, International Image, and a Security Dilemma: The Case of Taiwan....Pages 99-115
Ethnic and Civic Nationalisms: Two Roads to the Formation of a Taiwanese Nation....Pages 117-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
An End to Europe’s “One China” Policy?....Pages 147-158
Nixon and Taiwan in 1972: The Week That Didn’t Change the World....Pages 159-178
Triangular Diplomacy Amid Leadership Transition....Pages 179-197
Strategic Dilemma of Beijing’s Taiwan Policy: Chinese Nationalism and the Making of the Anti-Secession Law....Pages 199-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
“One China” and the Military Balance on the Taiwan Strait....Pages 217-256
A National Defense Strategy for Taiwan in the New Century....Pages 257-274
A New Imbalance in the Equation of Military Balance Across the Taiwan Strait....Pages 275-289
Japan and the Security of the Taiwan Strait....Pages 291-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-318