China's Perceptions of U.S. Intentions toward Taiwan: How Hostile a Hegemon?

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2007

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Kennedy, Andrew

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University of California Press

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While few Chinese observers currently suspect that Washington seeks formal Taiwanese independence, a sizable majority believes the United States is striving to preserve Taiwan's de facto separation to check China's rise. This view is both unduly pessimistic and destabilizing. Accordingly, Washington should work to correct it.

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Keywords: international relations; perception; Asia; China; Eurasia; Far East; North America; Taiwan; United States China; Cross-strait relations; Perceptions; Taiwan; U.S.-China relations

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Asian Survey

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