Lee Teng-hui and Taiwan's Quest for Identity
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The book is an account of Taiwan's evolving national consciousness told through the biography of its former President Lee Teng-hui - the central figure in the island's political transformation over the past two decades. In describing the broader historical and social context of the various stages of Lee's life, the book also analyzes Taiwan's own evolution during the past century as a Japanese colony, a Leninist party-state dictatorship, and then an American-inspired fledgling democracy. The book explores such questions as: Is Lee Teng-hui an opportunistic recidivist who is interested only in his own self-preservation, or is he a hero who not only propelled Taiwan into a new era, but also constructed a new national identity for the islanders? Are the multi-ethnic islanders culturally 'Chinese' or are they 'Taiwanese'? Is Taiwan historically and politically part of 'China' or does it have its own history and identity, and deserves international recognition as an independent sovereign country?

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2005
ISBN
9781403977175
Topic
Geschichte
Subtopic
Asiatische Geschichte

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Lee Teng-hui and Taiwan’s Quest for Identity
  3. Contents
  4. List of Tables
  5. Illustrations of Maps and Figures
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1 Taiwan at the Birth of Lee Teng-hui
  9. Chapter 2 The Japanese Education of a Taiwanese Economist
  10. Chapter 3 Clenched in the Jaws of War and Massacre: Lee Teng-hui’s Sorrowful Years, 1944–47
  11. Chapter 4 The Making of a Scholar
  12. Chapter 5 Lee Teng-hui’s Conversion to Christianity and Kuomintang
  13. Chapter 6 First Taste of Power
  14. Chapter 7 Governor and Vice President, 1981–87
  15. Chapter 8 The Presidency of Lee Teng-hui, 1988–93
  16. Chapter 9 Leading Taiwan to Democratic Consolidation
  17. Chapter 10 Epilogue
  18. Notes
  19. Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Characters
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index