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The Taiwan Story

How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future
BuchGebunden
288 Seiten
Englisch
Penguin Books Ltderscheint am07.11.2024
An urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters - for China, the West and everyone´s future An authoritative primer to all things Taiwan´ BARBARA DEMICK - A must-read for all who are concerned about the current state of our dangerous world´ MICHAEL WOOD - Written with great knowledge, passion and insight´ MARTIN JACQUES - Kerry Brown is one of our most perceptive and accurate foreign observers of China´ JOHN SIMPSON - 'Anyone with a care to avoid a third world war - between China and the US - should read this book' JACK STRAWWhen the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao´s Communists won and took China´s mainland; Chiang Kai-shek´s Nationalists fled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities.Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an economic success story: just one of its companies produces over 90 per cent of the semiconductors that power the world´s economy. It is a free and vibrant society. For the United States and the West, the island is a bastion of freedom against China´s assertive presence in the region. And yet China, increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping, insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it. Should China blockade the island and mount an invasion, it would set off a chain reaction that would pitch it against the US - escalating a regional war into a global one. Taiwan is thus a geopolitical powder keg.The Taiwan Story helps us understand how and why we´ve arrived at this dangerous moment in history. With unparalleled access to Taiwan´s political leaders and a deep understanding of the island´s history and culture, Professor Kerry Brown provides a new reading of Taiwan, its twenty-three million people, and how they navigate being caught in this frightening geopolitical standoff. This is the essential book delving into Taiwan´s unique story, buried beneath the headlines, told in an accessible, expert and urgent way.mehr
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EUR24,50
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KlappentextAn urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters - for China, the West and everyone´s future An authoritative primer to all things Taiwan´ BARBARA DEMICK - A must-read for all who are concerned about the current state of our dangerous world´ MICHAEL WOOD - Written with great knowledge, passion and insight´ MARTIN JACQUES - Kerry Brown is one of our most perceptive and accurate foreign observers of China´ JOHN SIMPSON - 'Anyone with a care to avoid a third world war - between China and the US - should read this book' JACK STRAWWhen the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao´s Communists won and took China´s mainland; Chiang Kai-shek´s Nationalists fled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities.Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an economic success story: just one of its companies produces over 90 per cent of the semiconductors that power the world´s economy. It is a free and vibrant society. For the United States and the West, the island is a bastion of freedom against China´s assertive presence in the region. And yet China, increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping, insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it. Should China blockade the island and mount an invasion, it would set off a chain reaction that would pitch it against the US - escalating a regional war into a global one. Taiwan is thus a geopolitical powder keg.The Taiwan Story helps us understand how and why we´ve arrived at this dangerous moment in history. With unparalleled access to Taiwan´s political leaders and a deep understanding of the island´s history and culture, Professor Kerry Brown provides a new reading of Taiwan, its twenty-three million people, and how they navigate being caught in this frightening geopolitical standoff. This is the essential book delving into Taiwan´s unique story, buried beneath the headlines, told in an accessible, expert and urgent way.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-241-69430-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum07.11.2024
Seiten288 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 138 mm, Höhe 222 mm, Dicke 25 mm
Gewicht400 g
Artikel-Nr.61689834
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Autor

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London. From 2012 to 2015 he was Professor of Chinese Politics and Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Prior to this he worked at Chatham House from 2006 to 2012, as Senior Fellow and then Head of the Asia Programme. From 1998 to 2005 he worked at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office stationed in Beijing. He is the author of over twenty books on modern Chinese politics and his work has been translated into twelve languages.