Part 1: Political history 1. Taiwan in Late Ming and Qing China 2. Taiwan Under Japanese Rule (1895-1945) 3. Retrocession and Authoritarian KMT Rule (1945-1987) 4. Taiwan’s Transition to Democracy and Beyond (1986-2024) Part 2: Government and politics 5. Taiwan’s Political Parties and Party Systems 6. Party Ideology 7. Elections 8. National Identity 9. Transitional Justice in Postwar Taiwan 10. Politics and the Media Part 3: Political Economy 11. The Developmental State and Taiwan: Origins and adaptation 12. Taiwan and Economic Globalization 13. Taiwan’s Mainland Entrepreneurs (Taishang) 14. Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy Part 4: Society and culture 15. The Development and Portrayal of Civil Society Organizations in Taiwan (1988–2023) 16. Indigenous Movements and Multicultural Taiwan 17. Taiwan’s labor movement 18. Anti-Nuclear Power Movement 19. Taiwan’s LGBT+ movement 20. Housing policy and their discontents 21. Immigration: Regulation and Cultural Representation 22. Religion and Politics in Taiwan 23. Modern Taiwan Literature 24. Contemporary Taiwan Cinema 25. Musical Soundscapes in Contemporary Taiwan Part 5: Cross-strait relations 26. Cross-strait Dialogue and Policies 27. Cross-Strait Economic Integration and Disintegration (1992–2023) 28. The China factor in Taiwan: social perceptions Part 6: International relations and security 29. Taiwan’s Foreign Policy and International Space 30. Security Policy 31. Taiwan-U.S. Relations 32. Taiwan-Japan Relations? 33. Taiwan-Europe/EU Relations 34. Taiwan’s Evolving Policies in Territorial Disputes of the East and South China Seas 35. Taiwan’s public diplomacy since 2016