R.O.C. Republic of China or Republic of Confusion? : A New Dimension of the Taiwanese identity

ISBN-13: 9783639116113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 260 str.

Shih-Chi Kao

Opis

The nationalist monopoly ended in 2000 with theelectoral success of the Democratic Progressive Party(the DPP) led by perceived independence ideologueChen Shui-Bian. However, socio-political change hasnot necessarily dispelled all thought of conflictwith Mainland China, which recently passed the Secession Law , declaring any bid for independenceto be an aggressive act. Is the threat of conflict aninescapable feature of China-Taiwan relations? Takinginto account the fact that human responses areexplained in terms of their antecedents theirstimuli, this book attempts to trace the ways inwhich the people of Taiwan have responded to theongoing uncertainty and confusion that has markedtheir relations with Mainland China in recent timesand explore the socio-political, linguistic, ethnicand cultural influences that have contributed to therise of Taiwanese nationalism, its unique identityand associated ideologies such as Taiwanisation andlocalisation over the past fifty years. It alsoprobes the debate that surrounds what may be thesingle most delicate and dangerous issue of EastAsian internal relations, i.e. the problem ofMainland China vis-à-vis Taiwan.

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O autorze

is currently a lecturer at
Department of International Communication, Macquarie University,
Australia.