NDU Press, 2012 - 428 p.The ever-accelerating transformation of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC) in the years since the era of Mao Zedong, particularly in its economic
and military growth, has been nothing short of remarkable. Developments over
the last quarter-century—effectively since the tragedy of Tiananmen Square
and the collapse of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact alliance—have been
more so still. The relationship of this increasingly robust and growing power to
the established global community is a complex one, and no thornier aspect of
that relationship can be found than the uneasy interplay among the PRC, Taiwan,
and the countries that deal with both.
