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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 are explored, by leading scholars, not only in terms of the three parties involved, but also in terms of the differences within each party.

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This fascinating collection of essays written by leading scholars and government officials from China, Taiwan and the U.S. provides a comprehensive look at cross-straits relations. If you want to understand the debates about this 'stubbornly insoluble problem' both within and between Beijing, Taipei and Washington this is the book for you. - William A. Callahan, University of Manchester

"""This fascinating collection of essays written by leading scholars and government officials from China, Taiwan and the U.S. provides a comprehensive look at cross-straits relations. If you want to understand the debates about this 'stubbornly insoluble problem' both within and between Beijing, Taipei and Washington this is the book for you."" - William A. Callahan, University of Manchester"

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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).

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