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"On February 28, 1947, a widow selling cigarettes on the street in Taipei was brutally beaten by government agents searching for contraband cigarettes. When a c
The Generalissimo's Son
Language: en
Pages: 556
Authors: Jay Taylor
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-01 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Chiang Ching-kuo, son and political heir of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was born in 1910, when Chinese women, nearly all illiterate, hobbled about on bound f
The Third Son
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Julie Wu
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-30 - Publisher: Algonquin Books

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“Clear your schedule! The Third Son is your next obsessive read. Julie Wu’s book reads like an instant classic.” —Lydia Netzer, author of Shine Shine Sh
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"Taiwan's peaceful and democratic society is built upon on decades of authoritarian state violence that it is still coming to terms with. Following 50 years of
The Trouble with Taiwan
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Kerry Brown
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-01 - Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

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