Peter Kien-hong Yu is Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

Perhaps the book's greatest achievement is its demonstration of just how difficult it is to try to quantify and measure and actor's decision-making process, particularly when that process is shrouded within China's opaque political system.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Methodological Issues:Chapter 3 Issues in Dialectical and Non-dialectical Analysis of Chinese (Communist) PoliticsChapter 4 Examining the Structures and Properties of the Mind and Thinking of Chinese (Communist) Political FiguresChapter 5 Triangular and Triadic Relationships: Comparing and Contrasting Dialectical and Non-dialectical ApproachesChapter 6 The Application of Weiqi in Decoding and Deciphering Chinese (Communist) Behavior is for the Most Part FlawedChapter 7 Case Studies- Taiwan:Chapter 8 A Dialectical Analysis of the Term "New Taiwanese"Chapter 9 Non-dialectical Observations can be Dialectically Defended or Understood: A Case Study of the March 2000 Election in TaiwanChapter 10 The Republic of China on Taiwan and the Montevideo ConventionChapter 11 Taiwan's Security Forces Since May 2000: The Challenges of Divided LoyaltyChapter 12 Case Studies- Mainland China:Chapter 13 CHINA, China, and china: A Dialectical CHINA at Time/Space Sequence (n)Chapter 14 Conceptual Changes in International Relations After Setting Up Space Stations on the Moon and Mars: What Should Taipei and Beijing's Diplomats Know?Chapter 15 A Note on International Organization, International Organizations, and International Regimes: A Dialectical Discussion of ProblemsChapter 16 Mainland China and Taiwan In and Out of Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Simplifying Their Relationship in Terms of Dialectical FrameworksChapter 17 Naval Cooperation and Coordination between Taipei and Beijing in the South China Sea: Problems and ProspectsChapter 18 Why has Beijing Not Yet Made Political Concessions to Taipei? A Conceptual, Crab and Frog Motion AnalysisChapter 19 Bonzai for What Purpose? Mainland China's Worry Over Japan's Revival of MilitarismChapter 20 The Neglected Japan Factor in Taipei-Beijing-Washington RelationsChapter 21 Concluding RemarksChapter 22 About the Author

Peter Kien-hong Yu is Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

Perhaps the book's greatest achievement is its demonstration of just how difficult it is to try to quantify and measure and actor's decision-making process, particularly when that process is shrouded within China's opaque political system.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Methodological Issues:Chapter 3 Issues in Dialectical and Non-dialectical Analysis of Chinese (Communist) PoliticsChapter 4 Examining the Structures and Properties of the Mind and Thinking of Chinese (Communist) Political FiguresChapter 5 Triangular and Triadic Relationships: Comparing and Contrasting Dialectical and Non-dialectical ApproachesChapter 6 The Application of Weiqi in Decoding and Deciphering Chinese (Communist) Behavior is for the Most Part FlawedChapter 7 Case Studies- Taiwan:Chapter 8 A Dialectical Analysis of the Term "New Taiwanese"Chapter 9 Non-dialectical Observations can be Dialectically Defended or Understood: A Case Study of the March 2000 Election in TaiwanChapter 10 The Republic of China on Taiwan and the Montevideo ConventionChapter 11 Taiwan's Security Forces Since May 2000: The Challenges of Divided LoyaltyChapter 12 Case Studies- Mainland China:Chapter 13 CHINA, China, and china: A Dialectical CHINA at Time/Space Sequence (n)Chapter 14 Conceptual Changes in International Relations After Setting Up Space Stations on the Moon and Mars: What Should Taipei and Beijing's Diplomats Know?Chapter 15 A Note on International Organization, International Organizations, and International Regimes: A Dialectical Discussion of ProblemsChapter 16 Mainland China and Taiwan In and Out of Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Simplifying Their Relationship in Terms of Dialectical FrameworksChapter 17 Naval Cooperation and Coordination between Taipei and Beijing in the South China Sea: Problems and ProspectsChapter 18 Why has Beijing Not Yet Made Political Concessions to Taipei? A Conceptual, Crab and Frog Motion AnalysisChapter 19 Bonzai for What Purpose? Mainland China's Worry Over Japan's Revival of MilitarismChapter 20 The Neglected Japan Factor in Taipei-Beijing-Washington RelationsChapter 21 Concluding RemarksChapter 22 About the Author