Across the Taiwan Strait: Democracy: The Bridge Between Mainland China and Taiwan

by Bruce Herschensohn (Editor), Richard V. Allen (Contributor), Richard Baum (Contributor)

Taiwan's recent moves to democratize its political system have undermined the "one China" policy and demanded the redefinition of relations between Taiwan and China. Across the Taiwan Strait provides a new and timely look at the pivotal role of democracy in the fifty-year-old conflict. Drawn from the proceedings of a conference organized by the Claremont Institute, the work discusses the varying perceptions of democracy in China and Taiwan and the different democracy movements developing on either side of the Taiwan Strait. It highlights the importance of Taiwan in establishing an Asian experience of democracy, the role of the United States in mediating this discussion of democracy, and the need to ensure that democratic development enhances, rather than destabilizes, the cross-strait relationship.

106 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Stanley Bruce Herschensohn is a fixture in American politics. He has received the Distinguished Service Medal, served as Deputy Special Assistant to President Nixon, was appointed a member of the Reagan Transition Team, and was the 1992 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in California. He has been a political commentator on KABC-TV and KABC Radio.

Herschensohn has taught at the University of Maryland, occupied the Nixon Chair at Whittier College, was a Fellow at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics at Harvard University, and Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute. He has worked with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and since 1998 has taught at the School of Public Policy of Pepperdine University where he has been Chairman of the Board and is currently a Senior Fellow. Herschensohn is also a Non-Resident Associate Fellow of the Nixon Center and serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Individual Freedom.