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The trouble with Taiwan : history, the United States, and a rising China / Kerry Brown and Kalley Wu Tzu-Hui.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian argumentsPublisher: London, UK : Zed Books Ltd, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: xxiii, 246 pages : maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781786995223
  • 1786995220
Other title:
  • United States, and a rising China
Subject(s):
Contents:
Contested histories: from the Ming to today -- The great transformation: democratization and the impact on Taiwan's identity -- At the front line of 'sharp power': Taiwan's relation with the People's Republic of China -- World's apart: Taiwan's economic identity -- Thinking through the issue of Taiwan -- The trouble with Taiwan.
Summary: "Taiwan is one of the great paradoxes of the international order. A place with its own flag, currency, government and military, but which most of the world does not recognize as a sovereign country. An island that China regards as a "rebellious province," but which has managed to survive defiantly for decades as an independent nation. However, with China now a major power on the world stage and with its ally United States looking increasingly inward, Taiwan's position has never been more precarious. Kerry Brown and Kalley Wu Tzu Hu 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 neighbor 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. The Trouble with Taiwan relates the story of a fascinating nation and culture, and how its disputed status speaks to a wider, global story about Chinese control and waning US influence."-- Provided by publisher
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 327.5124 B878 Checked out 07/16/2024 33111010827372
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Taiwan is one of the great paradoxes of the international order. 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. The Trouble with Taiwan relates the story of a fascinating nation and culture, and how its disputed status speaks to a wider, global story about Chinese control and waning US influence.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Taiwan is one of the great paradoxes of the international order. A place with its own flag, currency, government and military, but which most of the world does not recognize as a sovereign country. An island that China regards as a "rebellious province," but which has managed to survive defiantly for decades as an independent nation. However, with China now a major power on the world stage and with its ally United States looking increasingly inward, Taiwan's position has never been more precarious. Kerry Brown and Kalley Wu Tzu Hu 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 neighbor 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. The Trouble with Taiwan relates the story of a fascinating nation and culture, and how its disputed status speaks to a wider, global story about Chinese control and waning US influence."-- Provided by publisher

Contested histories: from the Ming to today -- The great transformation: democratization and the impact on Taiwan's identity -- At the front line of 'sharp power': Taiwan's relation with the People's Republic of China -- World's apart: Taiwan's economic identity -- Thinking through the issue of Taiwan -- The trouble with Taiwan.

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