China diplomacy
Subtitle: the Washington-Taipei-Beijing triangle
By: John F. Copper
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780429046445
Subjects: Foreign relations; Diplomatic relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
Notes: "First published 1992 by Westview Press."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. U.S. China policy and the Taiwan Relations Act. China policy to 1978 ; U.S. diplomatic recognition of Beijing ; Writing the Taiwan Relations Act ; The meaning of the TRA; title: 2. The TRA versus the Three Communiques: the formal basis of U.S. China policy. Background ; The Shanghai Communique ; The Normalization Agreement ; The August 1982 Communique ; Comparing documents; title: 3. Beijing, Taipei, and the Taiwan Relations Act. Background ; Beijing's opposition to the TRA ; Beijing's overtures to Taipei ; One country, two systems ; Taipei's reaction to the TRA; title: 4. The Taiwan Relations Act and democracy in Taiwan. Background ; Economic and social change ; Political reform in Taiwan ; Elections in Taiwan ; The TRA and human rights in Taiwan ; The U.S. role in Taiwan's political development: a synopsis; title: 5. Summary and conclusions. The Taiwan Relations Act and U.S. China policy ; The legal basis of U.S. China policy ; The Beijing-Taipei-Washington triangle and the TRA ; Taiwan's future: scenarios; title: Appendix 1. Shanghai Communique (1972); title: Appendix 2. Normalization Agreement (1979); title: Appendix 3. Taiwan Relations Act (1979); title: Appendix 4. U.S.-China Joint Communique (1982).