Table of Contents:
  • Conciliation in cross-strait relations
  • Tension after the Cornell visit
  • The two-states theory bombshell
  • The new ROC president
  • Two sets of "five nos"
  • The new Taiwan strait policy of George W. Bush
  • One country on each side
  • US preventive diplomacy
  • ContentiousTaiwan
  • Treacherous strait
  • Conclusion: six variables
  • Epilogue : the tail keeps wagging.