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China's Dilemma: The Taiwan Issue. By Sheng Lijun. [Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2001. 239 pp. ISBN 981-230-076-7.]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2002

Steven M. Goldstein
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Sheng Lijun argues that “China's Dilemma” is that while Beijing “wants to concentrate its energy and resources on modernization” and “deal with the Taiwan issue at a later stage” (p. 3), the “assertiveness of Taiwan” since 1995 has complicated such a strategy. On the one hand, the mainland must respond to the island's provocative behaviour lest the island move towards independence, while on the other it must temper its response so that the goal of economic development (with international support) is not jeopardized.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 170 , June 2002 , pp. 477 - 502
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© The China Quarterly, 2002

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