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This article attempts to evaluate China's military developments in recent years and explore the implications of its military advancements. The emphasis will be on the potential impact of China's current military growth on the USA and Taiwan. What are the unique features of China's recent enhancement of its military capability? Does China's military expansion signal a power transition for a US-dominated international system? What is the US policy to deal with a rising China? Finally, to what extent is Taiwan prepared to meet China's new military challenges?

Lee reviews DANGEROUS STRAIT: The US-Taiwan-China Crisis edited by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker.

Taiwan has used its stable democratic transition & consolidation as a basis on which to build international support for its legitimate sovereign existence. In addition, Taipei has also transformed its economic power into diplomatic tools, such as foreign aid & investment policies, in an attempt to consolidate its relations with allies & friends. Moreover, to strengthen the island's security, Taiwan's foreign policy has concentrated on the island's relations with the US as the main means to deter China's military threat. This survey will focus on issues related to three primary areas of Taiwan's foreign policy endeavors -- democracy, economics, & security -- & explore the strengths & weaknesses of scholarly research in each issue area. 170 References. Adapted from the source document.

Among the numerous issues concerning the Chinese military in the aftermath of the Sixteenth Party Congress, this article will concentrate on three interrelated topics: the trend of China's military capability, debates about military strategies, and civil-military relations. Following a layout of China's security environment, the article will examine its changing military capability and force concentrations. Changes in its military development require an assessment of China's strategies and defense policies. Moreover, the leadership transition in the Sixteenth Party Congress provides a compelling need to investigate China's civil-military relations, which will affect regime stability and governance in Chinese politics. Several challenges lie ahead for China's military. Chinese leaders will have to make difficult choices in prioritizing various weapons systems for a credible deterrence and compellence capability. China's military strategy and force structure will also depend on the development of U.S.-China relations. Finally, a smooth resolution of the current Jiang-Hu dual leadership as a result of the Sixteenth Party Congress will ensure the efficacy of military policy decision-making process and policy implementation.