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.

Contributions by: Richard V. Allen, Richard Baum, Frederic P. N. Chang, Chien-Min Chao, Angelo Codevilla, John F. Copper, Sun-Yin Ho, Kuo-Hsing Lee, Ramon H. Myers, Daniel S. Goldberg, Ralph Rossum, William Rusher, Thomas Silver, Michael Warder, JasonYuan