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Taiwan : Political History (03 Edition)
by Denny Roy  Book News Annotation Roy (Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies) contends that Taiwan's political history is best understood as a continuous struggle for security. He integrates an understanding of Taiwan's domestic politics with its foreign affairs, particularly...
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Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan
by Jonathan Manthorpe Publisher Comments For over 400 years, Taiwan has suffered at the hands of multiple colonial powers, but it has now entered the decade when its independence will be won or lost. At the heart of Taiwan's story is the curse of geography that placed the island on...
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Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan
by Nancy Guy Synopsis "Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan tells the peculiar story of an art caught in a sea of overtly ideological ebbs and flows. Nancy Guy demonstrates the potential significance of the political environment for an art form's development, ranging from...
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Democracy's Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan
by Richard Madsen Publisher Comments This book explores the remarkable religious renaissance, largely ignored in the West, that has reformed, revitalized, and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan. Democracy's Dharma connects these noteworthy developments to Taiwan's...
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Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan and the 1995-1996 Crisis
by Suisheng Zhao Synopsis 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...
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The Minor Arts of Daily Life: Popular Culture in Taiwan
by Andrew D Morris Synopsis The Minor Arts of Daily Life is an account of the many ways in which contemporary Taiwanese approach their ordinary existence and activities. It presents a wide range of aspects of day-to-day living to convey something of the world as experienced by the...
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Taiwan in Troubled Times: Essays on the Chen Shui-Bian Presidency
by John F Copper Book News Annotation 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...
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Taiwan: A New History, Expanded Edition
by Murray A Rubinstein Synopsis 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...
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Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis
by Nancy Bernko Tucker Publisher Comments Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. This important book combines historical context with timely analysis...
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Cooperation or Conflict in the Taiwan Strait? (Asia in World Politics)
by Ralph N Clough Synopsis In this timely book, distinguished analyst Ralph Clough assesses the intractable differences between Beijing and Taipei, the rise of an opposition party advocating Taiwan independence, and BeijingAIs threat to use military force. At the same time, he...
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Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait
by Richard C Bush Publisher Comments The relationship between Taiwan and China is a paradox: The two economies are increasingly integrated, but their political disputes remain doggedly unresolved. Although the United States is attempting to broker a peace, this awkward situation could...
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Taiwan: Nation-State or Province?
by John F Copper Publisher Comments In the fourth edition of Taiwan: Nation-State or Province? Professor Copper examines Taiwan’s geography and history, society and culture, economy, political system, and foreign and security policies in the context of Taiwan’s uncertain...
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Is Taiwan Chinese? (04 Edition)
by Melissa J. Brown Publisher Comments The "one China" policy officially supported by the People's Republic of China, the United States, and other countries asserts that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of it. The debate over whether the people of Taiwan are Chinese or...
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Taiwan in Transformation: 1895-2005: The Challenge of a New Democracy to an Old Civilization
by Chun Chieh Huang Publisher Comments The last decade of the twentieth century witnessed rapid changes not only in global politics but also in Taiwan's quests for new identities. The notorious martial law was lifted in July 1987, and long-repressed calls for democratization began to be heard...
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Critical Security Democratisation & Tel
by Gary D Rawnsley Book News Annotation Finding Taiwan to be one of the most complex and atypical examples of transition from authoritarianism, Gary (politics) and Ming-yeh (Asia-Pacific studies) (both U. of Nottingham) hypothesize that the media provide a useful measure of either the...
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Factory Women in Taiwan
by Lydia Kung Publisher Comments This study describes the first generation of Taiwanese working women, and documents their and their families' views of their employment. In doing so it addresses the effects that wage earning has on the status and lives of these women, especially on the...
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Fujian Gateway To Taiwan Regional Volume 2
by Brian Hook Publisher Comments China's large economy consists of many distinct, interactive economic regions, each with its own natural man-made characteristics, opportunities, and challenges. These distinctions have been reinforced by the economic decentralization, the expansion of...
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Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military and Taiwan's Security
by Michael Swaine
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State and Society in the Taiwan Miracle (Taiwan in the Modern World)
by Thomas B Gold
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Fires of the Dragon: Politics, Murder, & the Kuomintang
by David E Kaplan Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-547) and index....
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