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Reviews 57 much prefer them to unicorns in gardens (James Thurber: Under the circumstances the reviewer perhaps may be allowed one allusion of his own). They translate better, too. D. E. Pollard The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shaolin Bao. "Taidu" Muhou--Meiguoren de changyiyu zhengce (Behind the Taiwan Independence Movement: American advocacies and policies) Taibei, Haixia Pinglun Chubanshe, 1993. 198 pp. (Originally published in Hong Kong by Chung Hwa Publishers, 1992.) What has been the United States' role in the Taiwan independence movement? This question has long been neglected by the majority ofAmerican Sinologists due to both the lack of clarity in the policies of successive U.S. administrations and the shift of research focus to the People's Republic of China since the 1970s. Bao's book is one of the few studies that directly addresses this question and provides an answer that may startle many Sinologists in America: the United States has long been and continues to be an advocate of independence for Taiwan. Bao's five-chapter book reaches this conclusion by taking a deconstructionist approach to the history of the American encounter with China. He focuses not on what public pledges successive U.S. administrations have made but rather on
China Review International – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Mar 30, 1994
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