Reflections on the Triangular Relations of Beijing-Taipei-Washington Since 1995 Status Quo at the Taiwan Straits?

This study explores the Taiwan issue from the three perspectives of Beijing, Taipei, and Washington since Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui's visit to Cornell University in 1995. These were explored not only in terms of the three parties involved, but also in terms of the differences within each party, although these divisions are not as obvious in Beijing. The editor has gathered together four leading scholars from each of the three geographic areas to discuss the Taiwan issue from the perspectives of international politics, domestic politics, economics, and security. At the center of the debate is the issue of the status quo at the Taiwan Strait.

Dr. Shiping Hua is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Institute for Democracy and Development at The University of Louisville. He is also the President of the Association of Chinese Political Studies (USA). Dr. Hua has recently been appointed Professor in Affiliation with Peking University. He was Asian Policy Studies Fellow with Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and George Washington University (2004–2005). His recent books include: Political Civilization and Modernization in China (co-edited with Yang Zhong, 2006); Chinese Political Culture (1989–2000) in 2001; and Scientism and Humanism: Two Cultures in Post-Mao China (1978–1989) in 1995. He has just completed his new book Chinese Utopianism: A Comparative Study of Reformist Thought with Japan and Russia (1898–2000).