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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Terminology -- Introduction -- Popular Attitudes in Taiwan: A Preliminary Baseline -- Taiwan's Government Budget -- Taiwan's Economy -- Taiwan's Energy Policy -- The Politics of Taiwan's Past -- Beijing's Taiwan Ambition -- Taiwan's Search for Security -- Taiwan's Military Defense -- Taiwan's Political Defense: National Indentity -- Taiwan's Political Defense: The State -- The PRC's Asymmetric Offense -- Taiwan's Democratic System -- United States Policy -- What to Do? -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.

"Hong Kong in the Shadow of China explores the recent Hong Kong turmoil, where the Chinese government insisted on gradual movement toward full democracy and protesters occupied major thoroughfares to insist on full democracy now. Fueling this struggle is deep public resentment over growing inequality and how the political system-established by China and dominated by the local business community-reinforces the divide been those who have a lot and those who have little., Richard Bush, Director of The Brookings Institution's Center on East Asia Policy Studies, considers what Hong Kong and China must do to ensure both economic competitiveness and good governance, and the implications of Hong Kong developments for United States policy"--

Written by the former chairman and managing director of the American Institute in Taiwan, this book sheds new light on key topics in the history of U.S.-Taiwan relations. It fills an important gap in our understanding of how the U.S. government addressed Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait issue from the early 1940s to the present. One theme that runs through these essays is the series of obstacles erected that denied the people of Taiwan a say in shaping their own destiny: Franklin Roosevelt chose to return Taiwan to mainland China for geopolitical reasons; there was little pressure on the Kuomintan

"Focuses on cross-Strait relations during Ma Ying-jeou's first term, assessing the impact of stabilization on economics, politics, and security and the implications for resolution of Taiwan and China's fundamental dispute. Examines how Taiwan can strengthen itself; how China can promote a mutually acceptable outcome; and how Washington can protect its interests in South Asia"--Provided by publisher

"A comprehensive analysis of the paradoxical relationship between Taiwan and China, characterized by social and economic interaction and political and military tensions, and the diplomatic diffidence of the United States in the face of its high strategic stakes"--Provided by publisher