Taiwan's Economic Transformation (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)

This book tells the story of Taiwan’s economic revolution―how Taiwan transformed itself from a planned economy into a market economy between 1949 and 1965. The authors posit that it was the Kuomintang Government's endorsement of property rights reform and institutional change that enabled Taiwan to transform from an impoverished command economy to one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The book gives special attention to how a small group of political and economic leaders began adopting the new ideas and beliefs that created the vision that enabled them to embrace institutional and organizational innovations, actions which led to the formation of the new market economy. Using first-hand interview material with key government officials from the period, and analyses of hitherto unused Chinese-language archives including: the diaries of Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang party archives, and personal papers of Kuomintang leaders, as well as newspaper and journal articles published in Taiwan between 1949 and 1965, this book is both empirically rich, and gives the reader insights into Taiwan's developmental experience and the direction in which, under different circumstances, China's post-war expansion might have proceeded. Taiwan's Economic Transition will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the economic and political history and development of Taiwan. More broadly it will also appeal to scholars and students of China's historical and contemporary development, Asian economics, and Asian studies.

Myers, Ramon H.

Kuo, Tai-Chun

Reference

Routledge

Understanding Communist China: Communist China Studies in the United States and the Republic of China, 1949-1978 (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Kuo and Myers discuss the strengths and weaknesses of American and Chinese research and propose how the internationalization of research on communist countries like China could be greatly improved in the future.

History

Asia

Hoover Institution Press

This book tells the story of Taiwan’s economic revolution―how Taiwan transformed itself from a planned economy into a market economy between 1949 and 1965. The authors posit that it was the Kuomintang Government's endorsement of property rights reform and institutional change that enabled Taiwan to transform from an impoverished command economy to one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The book gives special attention to how a small group of political and economic leaders began adopting the new ideas and beliefs that created the vision that enabled them to embrace institutional and organizational innovations, actions which led to the formation of the new market economy.   Using first-hand interview material with key government officials from the period, and analyses of hitherto unused Chinese-language archives including: the diaries of Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang party archives, and personal papers of Kuomintang leaders, as well as newspaper and journal articles published in Taiwan between 1949 and 1965, this book is both empirically rich, and gives the reader insights into Taiwan's developmental experience and the direction in which, under different circumstances, China's post-war expansion might have proceeded. Taiwan's Economic Transition will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the economic and political history and development of Taiwan. More broadly it will also appeal to scholars and students of China's historical and contemporary development, Asian economics, and Asian studies.

This collection of photographs—many taken from his personal family album—and other historical documents chronicle the life of one of the most influential political figures in modern Chinese history. From his birth and early life in Shanghai to his years on the world stage to his death in San Francisco in 1971, these photos shed new light on the life on the man who in his time was the face of modern China.

T. V. Soong: His Life and Times

Arts & Photography

Jingping, Wu

Photography & Video

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Taiwan's Economic Transformation (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)

Understanding Communist China: Communist China Studies in the United States and the Republic of China, 1949-1978 (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Understanding Communist China: Communist China Studies in the United States and the Republic of China, 1949-1978 (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Taiwan's Economic Transformation (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)

T. V. Soong: His Life and Times