Accidental State
Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Americas, United States
| Author: | Hsiao-ting Lin | ISBN: | 9780674969629 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 7, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hsiao-ting Lin |
| ISBN: | 9780674969629 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 7, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Defeated by Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists fled to Taiwan to establish a rival state, thereby creating the Two Chinas dilemma that vexes international diplomacy to this day. Hsiao-ting Lin challenges this conventional narrative, showing the many ways the ad hoc creation of this not fully sovereign state was accidental and serendipitous.
Defeated by Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists fled to Taiwan to establish a rival state, thereby creating the Two Chinas dilemma that vexes international diplomacy to this day. Hsiao-ting Lin challenges this conventional narrative, showing the many ways the ad hoc creation of this not fully sovereign state was accidental and serendipitous.
