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1 See, for example, Jim Hoagland, `What Bothers Beijing Is Taiwan's Democracy', International Herald Tribune , 16 March 1996; Melinda Liu & Sam Seibert (with Greg May & George Wehrfritz), `Chinese Fireworks', Newsweek , 18 March 1996, p. 33.
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2 In actuality, during the post-Mao period, especially since the Tiananmen Square tragedy in 1989, Beijing has increasingly argued that the CCP's one-party reign is justified by the reality that the party is the only well-organized controlling force in China that will guarantee the nation's unification, stability, and orderly development. All of this indicates that the Beijing leadership is well aware of the potential for crisis.
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3 This is the theme of an officially endorsed popular song in the People's Republic of China.
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4 See `Mao Zedong's Handling of the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958: Chinese Recollections and Documents' (trans. by Chen Jian, Li Xiaobing & David Wilson), Cold War International History Project Bulletin , nos. 6-7 (Winter 1995-96), pp. 208-218.