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Taiwan's Statesman: Lee Teng Hui and Democracy in Asia
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In 1988 a man who had studied Zen and lived in the U.S and Japan came to power in Taiwan and began to shake up the island's politics. Lee Teng Hui was a master politician of the first class. His understanding of democracy led him to victory over the Koumintang, which had preserved Taiwan's independence but had also become dicatorial. The surprising ... »
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Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan
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Margery Wolf's anthropological case study of women in a rural Taiwanese farm village reexamines the traditional patriarchal view of women roles with a closer look at the ways women manipulate the Confucian family by their uterine family connections and by networking within the women's community. Wolfsets forth a revisionist dynamic: the Uterine famil... »
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Taiwan, Fourth Edition
Although the book's organization resembles a textbook too much, the information is invaluable. Given that there is a mountain of books available on Chin... »
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Taiwan: A New History (East Gate Books)
This is one of the most complete books on Taiwan and its history available in the English language. The reading is dense in places and is highly academic... »
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Once Upon a Time in China
Perhaps the best place to read a good overview of Asian film for a beginner. It also helps that the editor has chosen a who's who of writers to do bits on... »
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