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100	1		_aCHEN Ching-Chang
245			_aWhen is China's military modernization dangerous? : _bconstructing the cross-strait offense-defense balance and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan / _cChing-Chang Chen.
260			_c2009
520			_aUses offence-defence theory to analyse how China's military development is perceived in Taiwan and the USA and how this is then used to reinforce Taiwanese identity. In essence China's military development changes the balance of power, excessive power makes conflict more likely, and the weaker party should increase its defence capacity commensurately. The article suggests that there are ambiguities in these assumptions and it is these as much as the potential of specific American weapons systems that help maintain Taiwan's conceptual otherness.
650			_aTAIWAN _xFOREIGN RELATIONS
650			_aOFFENCE DEFENCE BALANCE _xINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
650			_aTAIWAN _xTHREAT PERCEPTIONS
650			_aUNITED STATES _xFOREIGN POLICY _xTAIWAN
773			_aIssues and Studies : _gVol 45 no 3, September 2009, pp.69-119 (34)
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