Difficult Choices: Taiwan's Quest for Security and the Good Life

by Richard C Bush and Richard C. Bush

Book Overview

How Taiwan can overcome internal stresses and the threat from China

Taiwan was a poster child for the "third wave" of global democratization in the 1980s. It was the first Chinese society to make the transition to democracy, and it did so gradually and peacefully. But Taiwan today faces a host of internal issues, starting with the aging of society and the resulting intergenerational conflicts over spending priorities. China's long-term...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815738331
• ISBN13: 9780815738336
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 429 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"