TY - BOOK AU - Garver,John W. TI - Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization SN - 9780295800356 AV - E183.8.C5 -- G38 1997eb U1 - 327.51073 PY - 1997/// CY - Seattle PB - University of Washington Press KW - Democratization -- Taiwan KW - China -- Foreign relations -- United States KW - United States -- Foreign relations -- China KW - Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1988-2000 KW - China -- Foreign relations -- 1976- KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Significance of the 1996 Crisis -- 2. Taiwan's "Drifting Away -- 3. Taiwan's "Pragmatic Diplomac -- 4. Beijing's Objections to U.S. Policy -- 5. The Taiwan Issue in Chinese Domestic Politics -- 6. The U.S. Visa Decision and Beijing's Reaction -- 7. Beijing's Probing of U.S. Intentions -- 8. The December Legislative Yuan Elections -- 9. The Confrontation -- 10. Were China's Leaders Surprised by U.S. Intervention? -- 11. PRC Strategy -- 12. Nuclear Coercion with Chinese Characteristics -- 13. The International Effect of the Crisis -- 14. Appraising the Gains and Costs of Beijing's Coercive Exercises -- 15. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3444299 ER -