From romantic triangle to marriage? Washington-Beijing-Taipei relations in historical comparison

Issues and Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-159

  Wu, Yu Shan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bismarck; Cross Strait relations; Strategic triangle; U.S. China policy; World War I

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244378917     PISSN: 10132511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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