Stephen J. Hartnett is a professor in the communication department at the University of Colorado Denver. He served as the 2017 president of the National Communication Association, and is the co-founder and coorganizer of the Biennial Conference on Communication, Media, and Governance in the Age of Globalization, and the Shenzhen Forum on Communication Innovation, New Media, and Digital Journalism.

“The need for a better understanding of communicative patterns in US-China-Taiwan relations has never been more pressing in the era of rising rivalries between the PRC and the United States. Professor Hartnett’s book helps us fulfill just that need.” —XIAO QIANG, research scientist, School of Information, University of California Berkeley and founder and chief editor of China Digital Times

• Contents Acknowledgments and Notes on Doing International Scholarship List of Abbreviations Persons and Places with Naming Changes or Complications Introduction. Mapping the Rhetorical Histories of U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations Chapter One. Wandering in a Labyrinth of Ignorance, Error, and Conjecture, 1945–1952 Chapter Two. Avoiding a Chain Reaction of Disaster, 1952–1955 Chapter Three. I Will Never Sell You Down the River, 1971–1972 Chapter Four. We Prefer to Stay Single, 1990–1998 Chapter Five. A Free and Democratic People, 2016–2020 Conclusion Appendix. A Timetable of U.S.-China-Taiwan Communication, 1990–1998 Notes Index

Stephen J. Hartnett is a professor in the communication department at the University of Colorado Denver. He served as the 2017 president of the National Communication Association, and is the co-founder and coorganizer of the Biennial Conference on Communication, Media, and Governance in the Age of Globalization, and the Shenzhen Forum on Communication Innovation, New Media, and Digital Journalism.

“The need for a better understanding of communicative patterns in US-China-Taiwan relations has never been more pressing in the era of rising rivalries between the PRC and the United States. Professor Hartnett’s book helps us fulfill just that need.” —XIAO QIANG, research scientist, School of Information, University of California Berkeley and founder and chief editor of China Digital Times

• Contents Acknowledgments and Notes on Doing International Scholarship List of Abbreviations Persons and Places with Naming Changes or Complications Introduction. Mapping the Rhetorical Histories of U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations Chapter One. Wandering in a Labyrinth of Ignorance, Error, and Conjecture, 1945–1952 Chapter Two. Avoiding a Chain Reaction of Disaster, 1952–1955 Chapter Three. I Will Never Sell You Down the River, 1971–1972 Chapter Four. We Prefer to Stay Single, 1990–1998 Chapter Five. A Free and Democratic People, 2016–2020 Conclusion Appendix. A Timetable of U.S.-China-Taiwan Communication, 1990–1998 Notes Index

Stephen J. Hartnett is a professor in the communication department at the University of Colorado Denver. He served as the 2017 president of the National Communication Association, and is the co-founder and coorganizer of the Biennial Conference on Communication, Media, and Governance in the Age of Globalization, and the Shenzhen Forum on Communication Innovation, New Media, and Digital Journalism.

“The need for a better understanding of communicative patterns in US-China-Taiwan relations has never been more pressing in the era of rising rivalries between the PRC and the United States. Professor Hartnett’s book helps us fulfill just that need.” —XIAO QIANG, research scientist, School of Information, University of California Berkeley and founder and chief editor of China Digital Times

• Contents Acknowledgments and Notes on Doing International Scholarship List of Abbreviations Persons and Places with Naming Changes or Complications Introduction. Mapping the Rhetorical Histories of U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations Chapter One. Wandering in a Labyrinth of Ignorance, Error, and Conjecture, 1945–1952 Chapter Two. Avoiding a Chain Reaction of Disaster, 1952–1955 Chapter Three. I Will Never Sell You Down the River, 1971–1972 Chapter Four. We Prefer to Stay Single, 1990–1998 Chapter Five. A Free and Democratic People, 2016–2020 Conclusion Appendix. A Timetable of U.S.-China-Taiwan Communication, 1990–1998 Notes Index