{"product_id":"the-struggle-for-taiwan-a-history-paperback","title":"The Struggle for Taiwan: A History (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rigorously researched and gripping account... a\nbeautifully written book' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Deeply researched and fascinating' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA gripping account of the past and future of Taiwan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the overwhelming chaos across Asia at the end of the Second World War, one\nrelatively minor issue was the future of the Japanese colony of Taiwan, a large\nisland some one hundred miles off the coast of Fujian. Handed to the\nKuomintang-ruled Republic of China, in 1949 it suddenly became the focus of\nglobal attention as a random cross-section of defeated Nationalists, including\nPresident Chiang Kai-shek, fled there from Mao's triumphant Communist forces.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Struggle for Taiwan \u003c\/i\u003eis a balanced and convincing account of the\nsequence of events that has left Taiwan for generations as a political anomaly,\nwith issues around its status and future continuing to threaten war. With\ndeepening democratization, Taiwan further goads Beijing, remaining functionally\nindependent from China even as Xi Jinping clamours for unification.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis invaluable book allows readers to understand the complex story of this\nunique place and its role in international relations. With its striking\neconomic dynamism and commitment to democracy, can Taiwan continue - as Hong\nKong once did - to thrive, or will China conquer it? And will the world be able\nto maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait or will it stumble into war?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSulmaan Wasif Khan\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of\nInternational History and Chinese Foreign Relations and Denison Chair of\nHistory and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is the\nauthor of \u003ci\u003eMuslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China's Cold War and the People\nof the Tibetan Borderlands.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44877712457935,"sku":"9781802064421","price":29.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_86f2ffde-112c-4769-bf41-138af2842dd7.jpg?v=1772442018","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-struggle-for-taiwan-a-history-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}