The Taiwan story (Hardback)
Brown, Kerry (Author)
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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 Ch...
ISBN (SKU)
9780241694305
Pages
272
Weight
380g
Dimensions
222x144x26
Imprint
Viking
Published
07, November, 2024
Genres
History
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