Taiwan: a place with its own flag, currency, government and military, but which most of the world does not recognise as a sovereign country. An island that China regards as a ‘rebellious province’, but which has managed to survive defiantly for decades. Now with its neighbour China a major power on the world stage and ally United States looking increasingly inward, Taiwan’s position has never been more precarious.
Kerry Brown and Kalley Wu Tzu-hui reveal how the island’s shifting fortunes have been shaped by centuries of conquest and by a cast of dynamic characters, by Cold War intrigue and the rise of its neighbour as a global power, explaining how this tiny island, caught between the agendas of two superpowers, is attempting to find its place in a rapidly changing world order.
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Timeline of Events
Introduction – The Great Asian Game
1. Contested Histories: From the Ming to Today
2. The Great Transformation: Democratization and the Impact on Taiwan’s Identity
3. At the Front Line of `Sharp Power’: Taiwan’s Relation with the People’ Republic of China.
4. Worlds Apart: Taiwan’s International Space
5. Parallel Lives: Taiwan’s Economic Identity
6. Thinking Through the Issue of Taiwan
Conclusion: The Trouble with Taiwan
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Maps out why the world should care about the self-ruled island … t the heart of The Trouble with Taiwan is a detailed picture of the island as it is today, and how the political, economic and social paths have affected the lives of Taiwanese citizens.
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Explores Taiwan's critical place in a rapidly changing world as a key flash-point between the United States and China
Explains how and why Taiwan’s disputed status makes it a key flashpoint between China and the US
Asian Arguments is a series of books which explores life in Asia today. Written by experts from the fields of journalism, academia and politics, all of whom have considerable experience of living and working in Asia, the books reveal how citizens across the region – from China to Vietnam - are confronting problems such as environmental crisis, economic development and democracy.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350363885
Publisert
2022-09-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272