Despite Beijings uncompromising adherence to the one-China principle, four generations of Chinese leadersMao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintaohave displayed a remarkable flexibility in interpreting and implementing it. Over the past six decades, the foremost priority of Chinas Taiwan policy has not necessarily been to accomplish "reunification," but to prevent Taiwan from becoming de jure independent of China. This volume presents a systematic, in-depth study of the evolution of China's Taiwan policy.
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Despite Beijings uncompromising adherence to the one-China principle, four generations of Chinese leadersMao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintaohave displayed a remarkable flexibility in interpreting and implementing it. Over the past six decades, the foremost priority of Chinas Taiwan policy has not necessarily been to accomplish "reunification," but to prevent Taiwan from becoming de jure independent of China. This volume presents a systematic, in-depth study of the evolution of China's Taiwan policy.
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