Why Taiwan Matters: A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future: A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future Buddhism despite her deeply disturbing

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes "a sweeping tale about little known history" (People)

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Why Taiwan Matters: A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future: A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future Buddhism despite her deeply disturbingTaiwan expert Kerry Brown sums up the history of Taiwan and the danger of a Chinese takeover in this succinct and authoritative book. When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao's Communists won and took China's mainland; Chiang Kai shek's Nationalists fled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities. Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an