The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: March 21, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780804740555
Subjects: Geopolitics; Political Science; National Security Issues; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; China; Politics - Current Events; International Relations - General; Political Science / International Relations; Foreign Relations; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; 1976-
First sentence: When asked what he and other economic officials thought about the February 21, 2000, white paper on Taiwan that threatened a firestorm of reaction in Washington that might affect pending China-related legislation, a PRC [People's Republic of China] economic official responded as follows: We [economic officials] said it would be bad for WTO [the World Trade Organization], but we were not the leading group creating this policy so ours was just a voice in a room.