What is power? How can it be seen as effective? To answer this question, it is essential to be pointed out that whatever the national interests and/or the foreign policy objectives of a state, various "tools of statecraft" are available to facilitate the pursuit of those objectives: diplomacy, economic methods, propaganda, clandestine or secret intervention and of course the use of military force. As long as any of these instruments, which can achieve the state's initial goals and even make others to do what this state wants this instrument is proven to be effective and successful. By focusing on the China-Taiwan conflict we will be able to testify this statement:" Power is not simply brute force: it comes in different forms, and each can be as effective as the others."

To begin, the historical basis of the conflict from both views are as follow. Before the Sino-Japanese...