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An Exchange On “Diversionary Dragons, or ‘Talking Tough in Taipei’”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2016

Jonathan Sullivan ,
Yitan Li ,
Patrick James  and
A. Cooper Drury
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In “Diversionary Dragons, or ‘Talking Tough in Taipei’” (Journal of East Asian Studies 9, 3: 369–398), Yitan Li, Patrick James, and A. Cooper Drury presented a newly created data set to show that Chen Shui-bian used independence rhetoric and confrontation with the mainland as a diversionary tactic in the face of domestic political difficulties. In the present exchange, Jonathan Sullivan challenges the authors' understanding of how the Democratic Progressive Party used the Taiwan independence issue—and the authors' interpretation of independence—and raises questions about the coding of press coverage as a means of identifying underlying preferences. The authors respond, concluding that the future use of such diversionary tactics is by no means foreclosed.

Keywords

Taiwan independencediversionary theory of warcross-strait relationsChinese politicsinternational conflict
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Journal of East Asian Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , April 2011 , pp. 137 - 152
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