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Face off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization
Face off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization
by John W. Garver
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The first book to look at Taiwan’s first presidential election, in the spring of 1996, which sparked a China-U.S. military showdown.... (read more)

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Doctors within Borders: Profession, Ethnicity, and Modernity in Colonial Taiwan
Doctors within Borders: Profession, Ethnicity, and Modernity in Colonial Taiwan
by Ming-Cheng Miriam Lo
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The first volume in a major new series, about the changing social roles of Taiwanese doctors under Japanese colonial rule.... (read more)

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Colonialisms #1: Doctors Within Borders
Colonialisms #1: Doctors Within Borders
by Ming Cheng Miria Lo
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The first volume in a major new series, about the changing social roles of Taiwanese doctors under Japanese colonial rule.... (read more)

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Historicizing Online Politics: Telegraphy, the Internet, and Political Participation in China
Historicizing Online Politics: Telegraphy, the Internet, and Political Participation in China
by Yongming Zhou
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"Zhou's book is an engaging and important addition to the literary of Chinese media studies."—New Zealand Journal of Asian... (read more)

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The First Chinese Democracy: Political Life in the Republic of China on Taiwan
The First Chinese Democracy: Political Life in the Republic of China on Taiwan
by Linda Chao
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The political transformation of Taiwan from an authoritarian regime into a democracy is one of the great political sagas of the 20th century. Defeated on the China mainland, the Kuomintang established a new polity on Taiwan that allowed for four... (read more)

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The Lost Colony of Taiwan: China's First Great Victory Over the West
The Lost Colony of Taiwan: China's First Great Victory Over the West
by Tonio Andrade
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"Based on impressive readings in Chinese and Dutch sources, Lost Colony examines fascinating interpretive issues on the changing nature of military power in various parts of the early modern world. Strong and important, this book tells a good story... (read more)

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Taiwan: A New History (Taiwan in the Modern World)
Taiwan: A New History (Taiwan in the Modern World)
by Murray Rubinstein
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The history of Taiwan, an island-state lying less than 100 miles off the coast of China whose world-class economy and geopolitical position in Asia give it an importance that goes far beyond what a population of only 22.5 million would suggest, is little... (read more)

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Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait
Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait
by Richard C. Bush
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The relationship between Taiwan and China is a paradox. On the one hand, the two economies are becoming increasingly integrated, as Taiwanese companies have come to regard the mainland as the best place to manufacture their products and maintain global... (read more)

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Taipei: City of Displacements
Taipei: City of Displacements
by Joseph R Allen
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This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects--maps, public art, parks--Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that... (read more)

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Words Across the Strait: A Critique of Beijing's "White Paper" on China's Reunification
Words Across the Strait: A Critique of Beijing's "White Paper" on China's Reunification
by John Frankli Copper
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In August 1993, the Taiwan Affairs Office and Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China published a document called _The Taiwan Question and the Reunification of China._ This 24-page pamphlet, or booklet, subsequently... (read more)

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The Fig Tree: Memoirs of a Taiwanese Patriot
The Fig Tree: Memoirs of a Taiwanese Patriot
by Zhuoliu Wu
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Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan and the 1995-1996 Crisis
Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan and the 1995-1996 Crisis
by Suisheng Zhao
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The 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis caused the largest naval movement by the United States in the Asia-Pacific since the Vietnam War. Using this crisis as a starting point, "Across the Taiwan Strait" takes an in-depth look at the relationship between... (read more)

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Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait
Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait
by Richard C Bush
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' Expertly tracing the current conundrum through its many historical routes, Bush illuminates the sometimes bizarre logic that animates the cross-strait dynamic. His commonsensical contemplations on how to manage this volatile problem should be essential... (read more)

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Taiwan in Troubled Times: Essays on the Chen Shui-Bian Presidency
Taiwan in Troubled Times: Essays on the Chen Shui-Bian Presidency
by John F Copper
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Copper (international studies, Rhodes College, Tennessee), arguing that Taiwan is a political actor with a role that far transcends its size, presents five essays exploring the domestic and international political situation surrounding Taiwan in the... (read more)

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Socio Economic Results of Land Reform in Taiwan
Socio Economic Results of Land Reform in Taiwan
by Martin Yang
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Window on Taiwan
Window on Taiwan
by Mark De Fraeye
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Ploughshare village :culture and context in Taiwan = [Li-she-wei]
Ploughshare village :culture and context in Taiwan = [Li-she-wei]
by Stevan Harrell
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Chinese Working-Class Lives: Getting By in Taiwan
Chinese Working-Class Lives: Getting By in Taiwan
by Hill Gates
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