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The biggest untapped market in the world? The last great communist threat? The free-trade partner? The human rights scourge? China Cross Talk provides a front-row seat to the most memorable scenes in the American debate over China policy since 1978. Representing the full spectrum of opinion on this divisive issue, this book allows participants in the debate to speak in their own voices through selections that range from op-ed articles and commentaries to speeches by leading government officials; from congressional testimony to editorial cartoons. They touch upon the whole range of security, economic, and political issues that have affected the relationship, including the benefits and dangers of diplomatic recognition, managing Taiwan, most-favored-nation status, China's Olympic bids, proliferation, and growing Chinese power
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: Toward Full Normalization (1978-1983)
Chapter 1: Switching Ties: Recognizing Reality?
Chapter 2: Economic Normalization: Benefits and Dangers
Chapter 3: Playing the China Card?
Chapter 4: Managing Taiwan
Chapter 5: Human Rights Strategies
Part II: The Golden Years (1984-1988)
Chapter 6: A Growing Relationship
Chapter 7: The Benefits and Dangers of Nuclear Cooperation
Part III: In the Wake of Tiananmen (1989-1992)
Chapter 8: The Initial Response to June 4th
Chapter 9: The Missions
Chapter 10: MFN: Creating Linkage
Part IV: Trying a New China Strategy (1993-1995)
Chapter 11: MFN: To De-Link or Not De-Link?
Chapter 12: China's Bid for the 2000 Olympics
Chapter 13: Dealing with a Stronger China
Part V: Mounting Worries Over China (1996-2000)
Chapter 14: Competing (and Cooperating) Strategies
Chapter 15: Assessing China's Military
Chapter 16: Taiwan: Between Reassurance and Deterrence
Chapter 17: Weapons In, Weapons Out
Chapter 18: Permanent MFN: Trade and Human Rights
Chapter 19: China Hands or China's Hands?
Part VI: China: A Strategic Competitor? (2001)
Chapter 20: Redefining the Relationship, Again
Chapter 21: The Plane Collision
Chapter 22: China's Bid for the 2008 Olympics
Part VII: Chinese Reactions to the American Debate
Chapter 23: Debating China Policy in the United States: A Chinese Perspective
Chapter 24: The American Debate Over China Policy: A Chinese View
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Edited by Scott Kennedy
