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Why Taiwan?

By Wachman, Alan M

Why Taiwan? Social Sciences

Why Taiwan?

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Why has the PRC been so determined that Taiwan be part of China? Why, since the 1990s, has Beijing been feverishly developing means to prevail in combat with the U.S. over Taiwan's status? Why is Taiwan worth fighting for? To answer, this book focuses on the territorial dimension of the Taiwan issue and highlights arguments made by PRC analysts about the geostrategic significance of Taiwan, rather than emphasizing the political dispute between Beijing and Taipei. It considers Beijing's quest for Taiwan since 1949 against the backdrop of recurring Chinese anxieties about the island's status since the seventeenth century >
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2007-08-01
Publication Date:
2007-08-01
Publisher:
Stanford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
080475554X
ISBN13:
9780804755542
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
376 g
Height:
158 cm
Width:
226 cm
Thickness:
15 cm

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