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This paper contends that one can apply a cultural lens to the study of Chinese security policy through examination of the perceptual effects of military doctrine. Through the development of two brief historical cases, this paper shows the importance of PLA doctrine in shaping the way China viewed its interaction with the United States in the past. The paper also lays out the relevance of this today by probing the way in which modern Chinese doctrine might shape perceptions. I argue that this (relatively narrow) approach to strategic culture has significant advantages in terms of objectivity and clarity of causal statements that can enhance the utility of the study of strategic culture to policymakers and scholars alike. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Debate about the evolution of Chinese foreign policy is characterized by theoretical gridlock. Will the People's Republic of China (PRC) continue to pursue foreign policy strategies of engagement and accommodation in an attempt to achieve a "peaceful" rise to great power status? How will the changing nature of Chinese relative power growth qualitatively affect its relationship with the rest of the international system? What kinds of changes would push the Chinese to engage in more aggressive foreign policy behavior that might include confrontation with regional rivals like Japan and Taiwan or global competitors such as the United States? ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the interaction of domestic and international factors in determining relations and policies associated with Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait. It considers the possibility of direct military confrontation between the U.S. and its regional challenger, China, over Taiwan. A review of the literature on cross-Strait and the triangular relations of U.S.-China-Taiwan is presented. It considers the impact of U.S. presidential elections on the China policy since 1980.