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The article examines the U.S. policy toward Taiwan strait under the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. It discusses empirical facts and evidence which suggest that the U.S. policy has been changed and then presents previous research literatures. It argues that all of them cannot convincingly account for U.S. policy toward Taiwan in this time period. It proposes a theoretical model and that there are two levels in the international system and rational actors at different levels will play different games to maximize their interests and power.