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Taiwan: China’s Last Frontier

By Simon Long (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1991
ISBN
978-0-333-51293-7, 978-0-230-37739-4
DOI
10.1057/9780230377394
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14572031 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XIX, 264\284
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
International Relations

Description

Taiwan has been described as a ticking time bomb. For all the fratricidal strife that has scarred Chinese politics since 1949, Peking's leaders have never wavered from their commitment to reunification with Taiwan. There, 20 million people have witnessed one of the great economic miracles of the post-war era. But their government is founded on a constitution that claims legitimacy over all of China. In this provocative study, Simon Long looks at the historical background to China's claim to sovereignty, and at the roots of Taiwan's economic triumphs.

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