The Taiwan story

Kerry Brown

When 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 the island Taiwan. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities. Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy, has a successful economy - underpinned by a single company producing 85% of the world's semiconductors: the beating heart of the world economy - and a free, diverse society. For the US and the West, the island is a bastion of freedom against Chinese aggression in the region. And yet China, increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping, insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it.

Author(s): Brown, Kerry
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 07/11/2024
Pagination: 272 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Viking
Published By: Viking
Book Classification: Asian history|Geopolitics|Political ideologies
Dimensions: 222x144x26
Weight: 380
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241694305