nuclear threats during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, the Politburo gave the green light in 1955 to pursue nuclear weapons and missile research. The first of China's nuclear weapons tests took place in 1964 and its first successful hydrogen bomb test occurred in 1967. See also Battle of Kuningtou Battle of Hainan Island Kashmir Princess Capture of Tanker Tuapse Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Third Taiwan Strait Crisis Legal status of Taiwan Nuclear blackmail Notes References Further reading Bush, R. & O'Hanlon, M. (2007). A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge to America. Wiley. Bush, R. (2006). Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait. Brookings Institution Press. Carpenter, T. (2006). America's Coming War with China: A Collision Course over Taiwan. Palgrave Macmillan. Cole, B. (2006). Taiwan's Security: History and Prospects. Routledge. Copper, J. (2006). Playing with Fire: The Looming War with China over Taiwan. Praeger Security International General Interest. Federation of American Scientists et al. (2006). Chinese Nuclear Forces and U.S. Nuclear War Planning Gill, B. (2007). Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy. Brookings Institution Press. Rushkoff, Bennett C. "Eisenhower, Dulles and the Quemoy-Matsu Crisis, 1954-1955." Political Science Quarterly 96, no. 3 (1981): 465–80. Shirk, S. (2007). China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise. Oxford University Press. Tsang, S. (2006). If China Attacks Taiwan: Military Strategy, Politics and Economics. Routledge. Tucker, N.B. (2005). Dangerous Strait: the U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis. Columbia University Press. Watry, David M. Diplomacy at the Brink: Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden in the Cold War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2014. Crisis Conflicts in 1954 Conflicts in 1955 Taiwan under Republic of China rule Taiwan 1954 Naval history of China 1954 in China 1955 in China 1954 in Taiwan 1955 in Taiwan Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower Cross-Strait conflict China–United States military relations Taiwan–United States military relations Military history of Taiwan