List of Maps, Figures, and Photographs
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Taiwan Strait
Chapter 1: The Historical Origins of the "Two China" Problem
Chapter 2: The Two Chinas, the Offshore Islands, and the Korean War
Chapter 3: The U.S. Seventh Fleet and the Taiwan Patrol Force
Chapter 4: Debates on the U.S. China Policy
Chapter 5: The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-55
Chapter 6: American Military and Financial Support for the Nationalists
Chapter 7: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958
Chapter 8: The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis and Sino-American Rapprochement
Chapter 9: PRC Economic Development, Tiananmen, and the
Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1995-96
Chapter 10: Beijing-Taipei Cross-Strait Tensions and Cooperation
Conclusion: The Taiwan Strait Challenge
Appendix A: Further Reading
Appendix B: Timeline of Major Events in the Taiwan Strait
Appendix C: U.S.-ROC Mutual Defense Treaty, 2 December 1954 (ratified 1955)
Appendix D: Formosa Resolution, 1955
Appendix E: Shanghai Communiqué, 28 February 1972
Appendix F: Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the
People's Republic of China and the United States of America, 16 December 1978
Appendix G: Taiwan Relations Act, 10 April 1979
Appendix H: Joint Communiqué on the Question of Arms Sales to Taiwan, 17 August 1982
Appendix I: Anti-Secession Law adopted by NPC, 14 March 2005
Appendix J: Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, 29 June 2010
List of Acronyms
Bibliography
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