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Between Assimilation and Independence: The Taiwanese Encounter Nationalist China, 1945-1950

March 22, 2015

Taiwan’s relationship with mainland China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island’s domestic politics, and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. Between Assimilation and Independence explores the roots of this conflict in the immediate postwar period, when the Nationalist government led by Jiang Jieshi took control of […]
Aborigines of Taiwan: The Puyuma: From Headhunting to the Modern World

March 22, 2015

Based on extensive field research over a period of twenty years, this is the first comprehensive study of the Puyuma people of Taiwan. The Puyuma belong to the Austronesian peoples, which today number less than 370,000. In Taiwan, they are the least known of the aboriginal groups, numbering only 6000, and inhabiting the Southeastern province […]
Impacts of Japanese Colonialism on State and Economic Development in Korea and Taiwan, and Its Implications for Democracy

March 22, 2015

Promoting democratization has taken the forefront of international diplomacy in ensuring world stability. Determining how best to promote democracy is challenging, and requires a keen understanding of a developing country’s history. Of particular importance is the country’s colonial legacy, and how this legacy continues after independence. This thesis examines the impact of the Japanese colonial […]
China-Taiwan Relations in a Global Context: Taiwan’s Foreign Policy and Relations (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

March 22, 2015

This book traces the development of Taiwan’s relations with its diplomatic partners and its policy towards the political opponents of its political opponent – mainland China. Paying particular attention to the powers that could exercise great influence in the future of East Asia, China-Taiwan Relations in a Global Context examines the main diplomatic strategies of […]
Sayonara to the Lee Teng-hui Era: Politics in Taiwan, 1988-2000

March 22, 2015

Sayonara to the Lee Teng-hui Era brings together the most prominent American, Taiwanese, and Chinese scholars in the field and addresses very crucial issues involved in Taiwan’s democratization. Sale Price:$58.00 0761825894
Crisis in the Taiwan Strait: implications for U.S. foreign policy : hearing before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, the Committee on … Congress, second session, March 14, 1996

March 22, 2015

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected […]
Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy

March 22, 2015

This book shows that Taiwan, unlike other countries, avoided serious economic disruption and social conflict, and arrived at its goal of multi-party competition with little blood shed. Nonetheless, this survey reveals that for those who imagine democracy to be the panacea for every social, economic and political ill, Taiwan’s continuing struggles against corruption, isolation and […]
Out of the Depths of Hell: A Soldier’s Story of Life and Death in Japanese Hands

March 22, 2015

While the Burma railway has been well chronicled, the hell of the Kinkisaki copper mine has not been revealed until now. John McEwan was a slave labourer, working naked in a Formosan copper mine which made the Chingi Gaol seem benign.’ Sale Price:$10.29 085052668X
Notes from the Other China – Adventures in Asia

March 22, 2015

Parfitt takes a look at Korea’s fever-pitch nationalism and gives an assessment of the worldÂ’s only Chinese democracy, has a run-in with a Nepalese rhinoceros – and one or two equally volatile Vietnamese tour guides – and ponders the actions and reactions of the people he meets. In these pages he shares his encounters with […]
Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China’s First Great Victory over the West

March 22, 2015

During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world’s most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War–Europe’s first war with China–the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga. Part samurai, part pirate, he led his generals to victory over the Dutch and […]

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