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The Taiwan issue in Sino-American strategic relations / Martin L. Lasater.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lasater, Martin L., author.
- Series:
- Westview replica edition.
- A Westview replica edition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Foreign relations--China.
- United States.
- China--Foreign relations--United States.
- China.
- United States--Foreign relations--Taiwan.
- Taiwan--Foreign relations--United States.
- Taiwan.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- China--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 283 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2019.
- Summary:
- The first two years of the Reagan administration saw a close correlation between improved unofficial relations between Washington and Taipei and a deterioration of strategic cooperation between Washington and Beijing. These developments led many U.S. officials and scholars to conclude that U.S. security interests may require periodic concessions over Taiwan to ensure China 's cooperation in countering the Soviet threat. Rejecting this view, Mr. Lasater argues that Washington's and Beijing's bilateral relations with Moscow and not the Taiwan issue are the key international determinants of Sino-American strategic cooperation. Examining the parameters of that cooperation and the role of Taiwan in Sino-American relations, Mr. Lasater suggests that Beijing is deliberately using U.S. security concerns to seek concessions on Taiwan and other issues. He advises a policy that stands firm in negotiations with the Chinese and that resists the temptation to make politically expedient concessions--a more balanced course of action whereby improved relations with Beijing are sought concurrently with the maintenance of friendly, unofficial ties with Taipei.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-283).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-31520-1
- 1-000-30620-8
- 1-000-23432-0
- 9780429315206
- OCLC:
- 1107880412
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