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Publisher
Crown
Language
English
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"A compelling year-long narrative of America's response to the fall of Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China in 1949, and Mao Zedong and the Communist Party's rise to power, forever altering the world's geopolitical map."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As tensions over Taiwan escalate, the United States and China stand on the brink of a catastrophic war. Resolving the impasse demands we understand how it began. In 1943, America declared that Japanese-held Taiwan would return to China at the conclusion of World War II. The Chinese civil war led to a change of plans. The Communist Party came to power in China and the defeated Nationalist leader, Chiang Kai-shek, fled to Taiwan, where he was afforded...
Author
Series
Bin fen cong shu volume 227
Publisher
Lian he wen xue chu ban
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
中文
Author
Series
Li shi yu xian chang volume 229
Publisher
Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
中文
Author
Series
Li shi yu xian chang volume 286
Publisher
Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
中文
Author
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Island X delves into the compelling political lives of Taiwanese migrants who came to the United States as students from the 1960s through the 1980s. Often depicted as compliant model minorities, many were in fact deeply political, shaped by Taiwan's colonial history and influenced by the global social movements of their times. As activists, they fought to make Taiwanese people visible as subjects of injustice and deserving of self-determination....
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Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This book explains how the U.S. - Taiwan relationship arrived at its current moment, rightsizes the risk of cross-Strait conflict with China, and argues that the United States must counter both military and nonmilitary threats to Taiwan if it wishes to preserve peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait" -- back cover.
Anxiety about China's growing military capabilities to threaten Taiwan has induced alarm in Washington about whether the United States...
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