Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1) The Significance of the 1996 Crisis
2) Taiwan's 'Drifting Away'
3) Taiwan's 'Pragmatic Diplomacy'
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
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