{"product_id":"the-taiwan-story-how-a-small-island-will-dictate-the-global-future-paperback","title":"The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters –\nfor China, the West and everyone’s future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'An erudite primer . . . Brown's mission to educate westerners about Taiwan\nand why it matters is a critical one, which makes this book well worth\nreading' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003e'Anyone with a care to\navoid a third world war – between China and the US – should read this book'\nJACK STRAW \u003c\/b\u003e•\u003cb\u003e ‘An authoritative primer to all things Taiwan’\nBARBARA DEMICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born.\nMao’s Communists won and took China’s mainland; Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists\nfled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being\nseparate political and cultural entities.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTaiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an economic success story: just one\nof its companies produces over 90 per cent of the semiconductors that power the\nworld’s economy. It is a free and vibrant society. For the United States and the\nWest, the island is a bastion of freedom against China’s assertive presence in\nthe region. And yet China, increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping, insists\nTaiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it. Should China\nblockade the island and mount an invasion, it would set off a chain reaction\nthat would pitch it against the US – escalating a regional war into a global\none. Taiwan is thus a geopolitical powder keg.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Taiwan Story \u003c\/i\u003ehelps us understand how and why we’ve arrived at\nthis dangerous moment in history. With unparalleled access to Taiwan’s\npolitical leaders and a deep understanding of the island’s history and culture,\nProfessor Kerry Brown provides a new reading of Taiwan, its twenty-three\nmillion people, and how they navigate being caught in this frightening\ngeopolitical standoff. This is the essential book delving into Taiwan’s unique\nstory, buried beneath the headlines, told in an accessible, expert and urgent\nway.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'As Brown shows so compellingly, anyone who thinks the Taiwan problem can be\neasily solved probably hasn't thought about it for long enough' \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL\nTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Kerry Brown is one of our most perceptive and accurate foreign observers of\nChina’ JOHN SIMPSON\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Written with great knowledge, passion and insight’ MARTIN JACQUES\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerry Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Chinese Studies and\nDirector of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London. From 2012 to\n2015 he was Professor of Chinese Politics and Director of the China Studies\nCentre at the University of Sydney. Prior to this he worked at Chatham House\nfrom 2006 to 2012, as Senior Fellow and then Head of the Asia Programme. From\n1998 to 2005 he worked at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office stationed\nin Beijing. He is the author of over twenty books on modern Chinese politics and\nhis work has been translated into twelve languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006847213775,"sku":"9781405966092","price":25.07,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_4ef837e5-bd27-4d71-9d38-46860d17e1c4.jpg?v=1777279217","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-taiwan-story-how-a-small-island-will-dictate-the-global-future-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}