Foreword
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This book is destined to be important. As I write these words, experts on China, Sino-American relations and international politics are again engaging in another of their recurrent debates over the prospect that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will in the foreseeable future use coercion to subdue Taiwan and reintegrate it into Mainland China. Despite immediate preoccupation with the threat of North Korean nuclear missiles and the possibilities of armed clashes in the South or East China Sea, many observers recognize that the gravest challenge to political stability in East Asia during the next decade may focus on the long-festering issue of the status of Taiwan. This is why Professor Frank Chiang of Fordham University School of Law, an able and experienced American legal scholar, originally from Taiwan, has devoted himself to giving us a fresh review and analysis of the history and the complexities of the international legal aspects of this crucial problem. Law may not turn out to be the decisive factor determining Taiwan’s future, but, because of its intimate connection with public opinion as well as elite perceptions, it will surely be an influential factor. “Lawfare”—legal warfare—will be mobilized by the contending parties in an effort to justify, and summon domestic and international support for, its actions. Each of the contenders, of course, will claim that international law is on its side.
Source Publication
The One-China Policy: State, Sovereignty, and Taiwan's International Legal Status
Publication Date
2018
Recommended Citation
Cohen, Jerome A., "Foreword" (2018). Faculty Chapters. 1146.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/1146
