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The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle ¿ and the present threat of invasion by China. Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a `ball of mud¿, Taiwan has a modern GDP larger than that of Sweden, in a land area smaller than Indiana. It is the last surviving enclave of the Republic of China, a lost colony of Japan, and claimed by Beijing as a rogue province ¿ merely the latest chapters in its long history as a refuge for pirates, rebels, settlers, and outcasts. Jonathan Clements examines the unique conditions of Taiwan¿s archaeology and indigenous history, and its days as a Dutch and Spanish trading post. He delves into its periods as an independent kingdom, Chinese province, and short-lived republic, and the transformations wrought by 50 years as part of the Japanese Empire. He examines the traumatic effects of its role as a lifeboat in 1949 for two million refugees from Communism, and the conflicts emerging after the suspension of four decades of martial law, as its people debate issues of self-determination, independence, and home rule.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781915590275
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 8. februar 2024
  • Størrelse:
  • 241x162x31 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 542 g.
  • 4-7 hverdage.
  • 30. november 2024
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The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle ¿ and the present threat of invasion by China.
Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a `ball of mud¿, Taiwan has a modern GDP larger than that of Sweden, in a land area smaller than Indiana. It is the last surviving enclave of the Republic of China, a lost colony of Japan, and claimed by Beijing as a rogue province ¿ merely the latest chapters in its long history as a refuge for pirates, rebels, settlers, and outcasts.
Jonathan Clements examines the unique conditions of Taiwan¿s archaeology and indigenous history, and its days as a Dutch and Spanish trading post. He delves into its periods as an independent kingdom, Chinese province, and short-lived republic, and the transformations wrought by 50 years as part of the Japanese Empire. He examines the traumatic effects of its role as a lifeboat in 1949 for two million refugees from Communism, and the conflicts emerging after the suspension of four decades of martial law, as its people debate issues of self-determination, independence, and home rule.

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