TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - The Future of United States, China, and Taiwan Relations A2 - Lin, C. A2 - Lin, C. A2 - Roy, D. A2 - Roy, D. LA - English PP - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan YR - 2011 ED - 1st ed. 2011. UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-0-230-11896-6 AB - Relations across the Taiwan Strait were unstable for decades before May 2008. Several acknowledged "crises" raised the possibility of war between China and the US and/or Taiwan and at times political disputes wracked the US-Taiwan relationship. Nevertheless, the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979 helped maintain peace by deterring coercive actions by China against the island. OP - 245 CN - GN625-635 SN - 9780230118966 KW - Ethnology—Asia. KW - International relations. KW - Political science. KW - World politics. KW - Asian Culture. KW - International Relations. KW - Political Science. KW - Political History. ER -