U.S. Policy Documents on China. Volume 2. 1949-1972 ()

Author: Tao Wenzhao
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The first part of "U.S. Policy toward China: A Documentary Collection" (Volume 2) primarily covers the evolution of U.S. policy toward Taiwan from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, when the U.S. and the Kuomintang signed the "Mutual Defense Treaty." It clearly shows how the U.S. government shifted from initially refraining from interfering with China's liberation of Taiwan, to fabricating the "Taiwan Status Quo Theory," to demanding the Kuomintang abandon coastal islands and focus solely on Taiwan and Penghu, with the intention of permanently separating Taiwan from the mainland. The second part of "U.S. Policy toward China: A Documentary Collection" (Volume 2) primarily covers the evolution of U.S. policy toward Taiwan from 1956 to late 1958, as well as the formation of U.S. policy at the Geneva Conference and the Afro-Asian Conference regarding the issue of Indochina.