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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Copper, John Franklin. Playing with fire. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2006 (DLC) 2006009798 (OCoLC)65425774 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Franklin Copper |
ISBN: | 9780313056390 0313056390 |
OCLC Number: | 230364020 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Beijing intimidates Taiwan with missile tests, creates rift in U.S.-China relations -- The Tiananmen Square massacre does irreparable damage to U.S.-China relations -- The United States sells F-16 fighter planes to Taipei; strains relations with China -- President Lee visits his alma mater; Beijing feels betrayed, benefiting hard-liners -- America debates China threat; China talks about America threat -- Taiwan's voters elect their president directly; Beijing says foreign forces are trying to split China -- President Clinton visits China, polarizes Taiwan issue -- The Taiwan Relations Act is refurbished; America will protect Taiwan -- The missile defense issue involves others in "Taiwan issue" -- President Lee comments that Taipei-Beijing talks should be nation-to-nation; Beijing is furious -- Taiwan's 2000 election: Taiwan gets secessionist president -- Taiwan's 2004 election: President Chen wins reelection amid controversy while America is distracted elsewhere -- The Taiwan Strait is a flash point. |
Responsibility: | John F. Copper. |
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"Copper has published widely and testified before congressional committees. As indicated by the book's title, the author is strongly of the view that war is likely between the US and China over the independence proclivities of Taiwan. The author deals more fully with the years since the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown against the student democracy movement than any previous period in Sino-US relations. In putting his case, he draws attention especially to 1996, when China set out to intimidate Taiwan by lobbing missiles its way and in response the US dispatched a flotilla up the Taiwan Strait, mostly as an expression of solidarity with its island ally. Many others, including this reviewer, have a different take on the US-China relationship: that it will likely continue to evolve within a complex framework based on conflict, competition, and cooperation in the geopolitical, economic, and diplomatic spheres, rendering war between the US and China unlikely in the foreseeable future over any issue, including the status of Taiwan. The book is well written and reads well, and will be of interest mostly to China specialists. Recommended. Researchers, faculty, and practitioners." - Choice "A careful yet prolific scholar, Copper provides detailed background covering the last several decades in relation to an increasingly possible showdown between the United States and China over Taiwan. He analyzes the damage to U.S.-China relations from Tiananmen Square, the missile defense issue, and the Taiwan elections in which the Nationalist Party lost. He points out the danger when leaders on all sides pander to domestic groups; Taiwanese politicians play with fire by defying Beijing and expecting American support. Recommended for large libraries and special collections." - Library Journal "The issue of Taiwan's independence could well prove to be a flashpoint that leads to war between the United States and China. Copper provides a chronological account of the triangular relationship revolving around the status of Taiwan from the damage done to US-China relations by the 1989 Tiananmen massacre to Taiwan's 2004 election, which brought a secessionist president to office." - Reference & Research Book News "Playing with Fire compiles a history of recent decades to support the contentions of the author/expert, who has studied the region over thirty years and who here uses an interdisciplinary research appoint to assess the issues." - Midwest Book Review - California Bookwatch Read more...


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- United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
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