The Struggle Across the Taiwan Strait: Volume 542

by Ramon H. Myers and Jialin Zhang

Book Overview

Divided China's Continuing Struggle

In 1949, China divided into two regimes, with the People's Republic of China controlling the mainland and Taiwan, or the Republic of China, controlling a group of offshore islands. The Struggle across the Taiwan Strait describes how, for more than half a century, these competing regimes have struggled to unify China--until the "political earthquake" of Taiwan's 2000 election raised the stakes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817946926
• ISBN13: 9780817946920
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"