A Legislative History of the Taiwan Relations Act: Bridging the Strait

Introduction -- The path to normalization -- Deng Xiaoping visits America -- Hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee markup -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report -- Hearings in the House Committe on Foreign Affairs -- House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs hearings -- The House Committee on Foreign Affairs report -- The administration's Taiwan/China legislative task force and Senate confirmation of Ambassador Leonard Woodcock -- The Senate floor -- The floor of the House of Representatives -- The Senate and House resolve their differences -- Signing a bill into law -- The perilous question of treaty termination -- Appendix 1: members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and their years of service -- Appendix 2: chronology -- Appendix 3: the Carter administration's legislative proposal (introduced by request).