China and East Asia

September 2000
Taiwan's Turnaround
by Shelley Rigger
"The election of Chen Shui-bian as president of the Republic of China on Taiwan was a political earthquake of even greater magnitude than the quake that struck the island in September 1999." The opposition party's "election revealed and reinforced changes that had been building beneath the surface of the Taiwanese political landscape for years."

September 2000
China, American, and Missile Defense: Conflicting National Interests
by Paul H. B. Godwin and Evan S. Medeiros
"The United States and China must engage in some deep soul searching. What type of strategic stability does the United States seek with China? Is China a large rogue state whose strategic forces must be neutered by defensive systems, or is it a small Russia where strategic stability is achieved through mutual deterrence?"