Taiwan in the cross-Strait arms dynamics : Past and present

• Main Author: Wu, Shang-su
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105056; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20425; http://ics.um.edu.my/images/ics/IJCSV5N1/wu.pdf
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The military confrontation between Taiwan and China used to be a famous example of arms dynamics, but the context has gradually changed from the 2000s (Buzan and Herring, 1 998: 80). This has occurred as Taipei’s recently lukewarm responses to the increasingly serious challenges from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). According the recent military build-ups, Taiwan seems to shift to a denial-oriented strategy to counter China’s achieving aerial and naval superiorities; nevertheless, this new approach to the cross-Strait arms dynamics may be eclipsed by a range of issues.