1.The Taiwan Dilemma in U.S.China Policy With the dramatic changes within former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries in the early 1990s,the world entered into the post-Cold War era Consequently,there was a want of a solid foundation of Sino-U.S.strategic cooperation and a new one was yet to be found1.The Taiwan Dilemma in U.S. China Policy • With the dramatic changes within former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries in the early 1990s, the world entered into the post-Cold War era • Consequently, there was a want of a solid foundation of Sino-U.S. strategic cooperation and a new one was yet to be found