SHIPING HUA is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Institute for Democracy and Development at The University of Louisville. He is also the President of the Association of Chinese Political Studies (USA). Dr. Hua has recently been appointed Professor in Affiliation with Peking University. He was Asian Policy Studies Fellow with Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and George Washington University (2004-2005). His recent books include: Political Civilization and Modernization in China (co-edited with Yang Zhong, 2006); Chinese Political Culture (1989-2000) in 2001; and Scientism and Humanism: Two Cultures in Post-Mao China (1978-1989) in 1995. He has just completed his new book Chinese Utopianism: A Comparative Study of Reformist Thought with Japan and Russia (1898-2000).

"This fascinating collection of essays written by leading scholars and government officials from China, Taiwan and the U.S. provides a comprehensive look at cross-straits relations. If you want to understand the debates about this 'stubbornly insoluble problem' both within and between Beijing, Taipei and Washington this is the book for you." - William A. Callahan, University of Manchester

• Introduction; S. Hua PART I: PERSPECTIVE FROM BEIJING The Taiwan Dilemma in U.S.- PRC Relations; G. Lin Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Domestic Politics and PRC's 'Dual-Track' Taiwan Policy; Q. Zhang China's Economic Policy toward Taiwan: An Empirical Analysis; J. Y.S. Cheng & K. Chak-yuen Militarization of the Taiwan Strait Issue; Q. Jing PART II: PERSPECTIVE FROM TAIPEI The Taiwan That Can Say No: Taiwan's External and Cross-Strait Relations Since 1995; P. Yang Taiwan's New Naitonal Identity, Domestic Politics, and Cross-Strait Relations; H-H. Hsiao & J.-F Yan Economic Interaction between Taiwan and Mainland China and Its Influence on Both Economies; C. Kao & W-T. Wang Taiwan's Preparation against Beijing's Military Attacks; A.N.D. Yang PART III: PERSPECTIVE FROM WASHINGTON PRC, ROC, and U.S. Interests: Can They Be Harmonized?; L. T. White III Bush, China, Taiwan: A Triangular Analysis; L. Dittmer Rethinking the Political Consequences of Economic Integration in Mainland China-Taiwan Relations; S. L. Kastner The United States and East Asia: How the Taiwan Strait and China Affect U.S. Security Strategy; L. M. Wortzel