TY - BOOK AU - Rigger,Shelley TI - Why Taiwan matters: small island, global powerhouse SN - 144220480X (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - DS799.625 .R54 2014 U1 - 951.24/905 22 PY - 2014/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Taiwan KW - Foreign relations KW - 21st century KW - United States KW - China KW - Economic conditions N1 - 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 ER -