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Why Taiwan matters : small island, global powerhouse / Shelley Rigger.

By: Publication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.Edition: Updated edDescription: ix, 217 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 144220480X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781442204805 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.24/905 22
LOC classification:
  • DS799.625 .R54 2014
Contents:
The world's tallest building -- Building Taiwan -- From farmers to manufacturers -- From "free China" to democratic Taiwan -- "America is boring at night" -- "An opportunity full of threats": cross-strait economic interaction -- Making peace with the China inside and the China outside -- The international birdcage -- Why Taiwan matters to American and the world.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index.

The world's tallest building -- Building Taiwan -- From farmers to manufacturers -- From "free China" to democratic Taiwan -- "America is boring at night" -- "An opportunity full of threats": cross-strait economic interaction -- Making peace with the China inside and the China outside -- The international birdcage -- Why Taiwan matters to American and the world.

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