Remarks on the Changing Triangle: The U.S., China, And Taiwan‪.‬

ABSTRACT The transformation currently underway in China reflects the ongoing working out of two large historical processes--the disposition of the post-1912 Manchu Empire and the creation of a satisfactory social, political, and economic order to govern what emerges. Because these processes, in progress for many decades, have bequeathed a legacy of violence and destruction, the restoration of stable and satisfactory order will take time. The United States should seek to exercise a constructive influence by promoting social, economic, political, and cultural ideas, which propel China toward greater cosmopolitanism and sophistication.