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Chapter 6 looks at the questioning, testimony, and trial of Master Sergeant Robert G. Reynolds for the shooting of Liu Ziran. It also examines the rumors surrounding the case and U.S. and ROC opinions on the matter. The major questions that had to be answered were whether or not the shooting was an intentional hate crime or act of self-defense, as well as the question of which governing body, the U.S. or the ROC, would try Reynolds and where he would be court-martialed. With the backing of both the ROC's ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs, Defense Minister Yu Dawei wanted it held in Taiwan. U.S. officials met with their counterparts from the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and Government Information Office and reached the consensus that the trial would be held in Taiwan and be open to the press and public. Both sides looked to the trial to resolve the case. More than Sergeant Reynolds, U.S. military justice, if not the basis for the U.S. criminal justice system, was on trial.

Chapter 7 recounts the proceedings of Sergeant Robert G. Reynolds's general court-martial at MAAG-Taiwan headquarters in 1957, a year when thousands of other U.S. soldiers were similarly tried. Due to recent legislative reforms, the trial was somewhat anomalous, consisting of a civilian judge and a jury of all military personnel. The prosecutor, Captain James S. Talbot, questioned the jury's bias and accused Reynolds of voluntary manslaughter. Meanwhile, the defense attorney, Captain Steele, retaliated by gathering character witnesses for the defense, destabilizing the housegirl's testimony, and depicting Liu Ziran as a menacing rapist. Evidence was thus conflicting and strongly manipulated in this case of international scale. To the joy of American nationals and the chagrin of Chinese spectators, the jury deemed the defendant “not guilty.”

Although the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for the management and the creation of rules with respect to a key global issue of the twenty-first century, it sets up its organizational structure and legitimating basis in a way that differs significantly from the political and organizational schemes that were used to solve similar global phenomena in the past. In terms of its organizational form, ICANN is neither an intergovernmental organization (IGO), nor a classic non-governmental organization (NGO) with individual or institutional members, but a new, unprecedented type of a private transnational organization which represents various types of stakeholders from around the world, and is made up of elected and appointed representatives of institutions, numerous ‘advisory committees’, ‘constituencies’, and ‘supporting organizations’ (SOs).