Controversies over guest speakers on American campuses are nothing new, but rarely does one become an international incident. From the moment last year that Cornell University asked a distinguished graduate to address an alumni gathering, policymakers for the U.S. and China knew they had a first-class hot potato on their hands. The invitee was Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, whose government is unrecognized by most of the world thanks to China's strenuous efforts to keep it isolated. Could Lee visit a onetime ally that cut off relations 16 years ago? The issue seemed strictly academic as long as Washington upheld its policy...
CORNELL'S REUNION IS CHINA'S NIGHTMARE
CHINA FUMES OVER A PRIVATE U.S. VISIT BY TAIWAN'S LEADER TO HIS OLD SCHOOL
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