InfoTrac Activities China The losing Nationalists fled to Taiwan in 1949 as the communists claimed victory on mainland China. Ever since, the communist People’s Republic of China has sought to compel Taiwan to join it. Until recently Taiwan has been relatively careful to not explicitly state that it is independent and has no desire to be subsumed in the PRC. However, growing democracy on Taiwan has raised voices against the PRC and left a high degree of tension between the two Chinas. What is the current state of relations between Taiwan and the PRC? What do different factions on Taiwan want? How has the PRC responded? In what ways has cooperation increased? Here are some articles to get you started. Find them through Keyword searches or by entering "China" in the Subject Guide and then going to subdivision "international relations," or by entering "Taiwan" in the Subject Guide and then going to subdivision "international relations." Devil may care; China and Taiwan. (China and Taiwan's elections) The Economist (US) March 20, 2004 v370 i8367 p42US (663 words) Tug-of-war for Taiwan's identity; Taiwan holds its first-ever referendum Saturday in a presidential election that may define Taiwan-China ties. (WORLD) The Christian Science Monitor March 19, 2004 p06 (1200 words) Chen survives to push for independence; China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; Surviving an assassin, pushing for independence. Global Agenda March 19, 2004 pNA (1054 words) Push and Shove: It's not just Taiwan. China also has to deal with growing pressure for democracy in Hong Kong. (Asia) Susan Jakes. Time International (Asia Edition) March 15, 2004 v163 i10 p41 (742 words) MAINLAND CHINA BECOMES TAIWAN'S NO. 1 TRADE PARTNER. AsiaPulse News March 2, 2004 pNA (303 words) One China? Two headaches: the Bush administration has danced with both China and Taiwan. But a Taiwanese referendum set for March 20 will force it to choose sides. (Dispatches) John Feffer. The American Prospect March 2004 v15 i3 p13(3) (1504 words) Booming Commerce Bridges Gulf between Taiwan, Mainland China. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb 4, 2004 pITEM04035131 (753 words) Bush's balancing act: Taiwan and China. OPINION The Christian Science Monitor Dec 24, 2003 p09 (777 words) Bush Warns China, Taiwan That U.S. Wants to See Them Maintain Status Quo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec 10, 2003 pITEM03344010 (951 words) ANALYSIS: Can China take Taiwan? United Press International Dec 9, 2003 pNA (861 words) Does European integration provide a model for moderating cross-strait relations? Cal Clark. Asian Affairs: An American Review Wntr 2003 v29 i4 p195(22) (9073 words) China Is Taiwan's Sustenance -- and Scourge; As the island's economy becomes more dependent on the mainland, the Taipei government sees an unrelenting military threat. (ONLINE ASIA) Bruce Einhorn. Business Week Online Sept 18, 2003 pNA (1003 words) The Chinese Triangle of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Comparative Institutional Analysis. (Book Reviews). (Book Review) George C.S. Lin. Pacific Affairs Winter 2002 v75 i4 p590(2) (748 words) What if ... "China Attacks Taiwan!". (military strategy forecasting) RICHARD L. RUSSELL. Parameters Autumn 2001 v31 i3 p76 (7849 words) Taiwan Strait Dilemmas: China-Taiwan-U.S. Policies in the New Century. (Review)_(book review) L. JEROLD ADAMS. Perspectives on Political Science Summer 2000 v29 i3 p186 (502 words) For more articles on China, enter: "China" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "politics and government." "China" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "political aspects." "China" in the Subject Guide, and then go to relevant subdivisions. Fanning the Flames; Beijing's dictates are getting Hong Kong fired up. Newsweek International April 12, 2004 p37 (597 words) Commentary: Hong Kong May Be Starting A Long March Toward Democracy? China's leaders, faced with unrest, may allow some reform. Business Week Jan 19, 2004 i3866 p43 (599 words) China looks to the future: China is in race to become the world's second-largest economy. (World) Craig Simons. Junior Scholastic Jan 19, 2004 v106 i11 p16(6) (1776 words) Dragon or dinosaur? Nuclear weapons in a modernizing China. Thomas M. Kane. Parameters Winter 2003 v33 i4 p98(16) (6988 words) Trouble on the fringes; China. (Democracy worries China) The Economist (US) Nov 29, 2003 v369 i8352 p38US (998 words) Gate-crashing the party; Politics in China. (Political reform in China) The Economist (US) Nov 15, 2003 v369 i8350 p40US (2518 words) China's New Diplomacy. Evan S. Medeiros, M. Taylor Fravel. Foreign Affairs Nov-Dec 2003 v82 i6 p22 (4555 words) Must China 'Democratize or Die'? : Complacent Assumptions About Chinese Politics Deflated by SARS. John Clark. World and I Nov 2003 v18 i11 p258 (5056 words) BEHIND THE REVOLT; The rise of people power has changed Hong Kong and China forever. Mark L. Clifford, Bruce Einhorn, Frederik Balfour, Dexter Roberts, Miguella Lam. Business Week July 21, 2003 i3842 p16 (2448 words) A late honeymoon for Bush and China: enjoy it while it lasts. Denny Roy. Asian Affairs: An American Review Summer 2003 v30 i2 p79(9) (3489 words) Red-Color News Soldier: what led Li Zhengsheng, a Chinese newspaper photographer, to preserve vivid images of the Cultural Revolution, even at enormous personal risk? (Point Of Departure)(China under Mao Zedong) History Today Sept 2003 v53 i9 p62(2) (1086 words) Chairman Mao's War on Nature. (Interview). (Interview) Uta Saoshiro, Curtis Runyan. World Watch Nov-Dec 2002 v15 i6 p37(3) From Mao to Deng. HARVEY FELDMAN. World and I Oct 1999 v14 i10 p40 Mao in history. (Chinese's perception of Mao Zedong) Ross Terrill. The National Interest, Summer 1998 n52 p54(10) A doctor's tale: Mao's physician paints a chilling portrait of a dictator and his court. (Mao Zedong; Dr. Li Zhisui's book 'The Private Life of Chairman Mao')(Special Report) (Cover Story) Emily MacFarquhar. U.S. News & World Report Oct 10, 1994 v117 n14 p48(3) Mao to Now: Fifty years after China's civil war ended, a former Life magazine correspondent who witnessed it revisits four cities conquered by Mao's peasant army. He found a country transformed--at least as much by capitalism as by communism. (Features/Special Report/The New China/Essay)(visit to the cities of Shenyang, Xuzhou, Taiyuan, and Nanjing) Roy Rowan. Fortune Oct 11, 1999 v140 i7 p250+ China's Global Role - Given its population, resources, and economic growth rates, China will be a great power by the middle of this century. GREGORY J. MOORE. World and I Oct 2001 v16 i10 p30 China's Coming Transformation. George Gilboy, Eric Heginbotham. Foreign Affairs July-August 2001 v80 i4 p26 Socialism and the End of the Perpetual Reform State in China. Harry Williams. Journal of Contemporary Asia May 2001 v31 i2 p161 China's Abstract Democracy. Harvey Feldman. World and I, July 2000 v15 i7 p20 Chinese Nationalism and Its International Orientations. SUISEHENG ZHAO. Political Science Quarterly, Spring 2000 v115 i1 p1 The Next Step Forward - A Revival of Confucianism Sweeps China. Julian Weiss. World and I, March 2000 v15 i3 p194 From Mao to Deng: The Tragedy of Tiananman. HARVEY FELDMAN. World and I Oct 1999 v14 i10 p40