The Story of Taiwan (With Custom Illustrated Slipcase)

Contents included in this glossy, fully illustrated, coffee-table style book include the historical chronology of Taiwan, information about its environment and ecology (the climate, folk character, animals, birds, insects, forests, flora), its people (the Pingpu, Hakka, southern Fujianese settlers, mainlanders, and ethnic amalgamation from the perspective of cultural development), its development history (deer hides, sugar, tea and camphor), maritime commerce and international trade, agriculture, and industrial development and the role of small- and medium-sized enterprises), its society (democratization, education, internationalization and lifestyles in Taiwan's major cities), foreign relations and national defense (its early relations with western powers, a history of Taiwan-Japan relations, cross-strait relations, national defense, the ROC's changing defense strategy and an introduction to the strategic situation in the Asia-Pacific region) and its science and technology (technological development, developing Taiwan into an Asia-Pacific Regional Operations Center/Coordination and Service Officer for APROC, and sustainable development).