China\'s Quest. The History of the Foreign Relations of the People\'s Republic of China - John Garver

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53. Qian, Waijiao shiji, p.  384. “Through train” meant a continuity of institutional
    arrangements before and after reversion. Absence of a “through train,” such as eventu-
    ally came about, meant that arrangements under British rule prior to July 1, 1997, were set
    aside and Chinese-created institutional arrangements took over.


54. As late as 2008–2012, with LegCo made up of thirty directly elected geographic
    constituencies and thirty “functional constituencies,” the functional constituencies and
    the number of voters in these constituencies included these:  agriculture and fisheries
    (electorate of 159); insurance (144); transport (178); legal (6,111); medical (10,606); finance
    (140); financial services (580); first industrial district (715); second industrial district
    (790). Geographical constituencies, on the other hand, ranged from a low of 440,335 to a
    high of 943,161 registered voters.


55. Christopher Patten, East and West:  China, Power and the Future of Asia,
    New York: Times Books, 1998, pp. 53–4.


56. Patten, East and West, p. 56.


57. Qian, Waijiao shiji, pp. 335–6.


58. Qian, Waijiao shiji, p.  340. The text of Deng’s talk with Thatcher is cited in note
    16 above.


59. McLaren, Britain’s Record, p. 29.


60. Cradock, Experiences, pp. 226, 228. McLaren, “Britain’s Record,” pp. 20, 26.


61. Steven Tsang, A Modern History of Hong Kong, London: I. B. Tauris, 2004, p. 238.


62. This section follows Robert Suettinger, Beyond Tiananmen:  the Politics of U.S.-
    China Relations 1989–2000, Washington, DC: Brookings, 2003, pp. 314–7.

Chapter 23. Military Confrontation with the United States

1. That phrase was used by Clinton’s vice presidential running mate, Al Gore.


2. Regarding the 1995–1996 crisis, see Robert L.  Suettinger, Beyond Tiananmen, the
   Politics of U.S.-China Relations 1989–2000, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press,
   2003, pp. 200–63. James Mann, About Face: A History of America’s Curious Relationship
   with China, from Nixon to Clinton, New  York:  Knopf, 1999, pp. 315–38. John Garver,
   Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan’s Democratization, Seattle: University of
   Washington Press, 1997.


3. James Lilley, China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy
   in Asia, New York: Public Affairs, 2004, p. 377.


4. Suettinger, Beyond Tiananmen, p. 203.


5. Unless otherwise indicated, this account of the PLA’s lobbying campaign is drawn
   from Garver, Face Off, pp. 47–66.


6. See Shirley A.  Kan, China/Taiwan:  Evolution of the “One China” Policy—Key
   Statements from Washington, Beijing, and Taipei, No. 7-5700, RI 30341, Washington,
   DC: Congressional Research Service, August 26, 2013.


7. “1994 Taiwan Policy Review,” available at http://www.fapa.org/generalinfo/TPR1994.
   html.


8. Garver, Face Off, pp. 41–5.


9. Garver, Face Off, pp. 44–5.


10. Suettinger, Beyond Tiananmen, p. 215.


11. Suettinger, Beyond Tiananmen, p. 223.