The Trouble with Taiwan - History, the United States and a Rising China

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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• Authors: Kerry Brown, Kerry (King's College London Brown, Kerry Tzu Hui Brown, Kalley Wu Tzu Hui, Kalley Wu Tzu (Independent Scholar Hui, Kalley Wu Tzu Hui
• Assisted by: Paul French (Editor)
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781786995223
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-522-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Asian Arguments; Asian Arguments
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Weltpolitik, Wirtschaftstheorie, Japan, Hongkong, Indonesien, Philippinen, Mongolei, Tibet, Vietnam, Geopolitik, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Internationale Wirtschaft, Wirtschaftstheorie und -philosophie, Südkorea, Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Taiwan, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International (Wirtschaft), International (Politik), Konflikt (wirtschaftlich, politisch), Wirtschaft / Fremde Länder, Internationales, Asien / Geschichte, Politik / Weltpolitik, Diplomatie - Diplomat, Mongolei - mongolisch, Formosa, Vietnam - Vietnamesisch, Philippinen / Reiseführer, Kunstreiseführer, Landkarte