Is Taiwan Chinese?: The Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration on Changing IdentitiesThe "one China" policy officially supported by the People's Republic of China, the United States, and other countries asserts that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of it. The debate over whether the people of Taiwan are Chinese or independently Taiwanese is, Melissa J. Brown argues, a matter of identity: Han ethnic identity, Chinese national identity, and the relationship of both of these to the new Taiwanese identity forged in the 1990s. In a unique comparison of ethnographic and historical case studies drawn from both Taiwan and China, Brown's book shows how identity is shaped by social experience—not culture and ancestry, as is commonly claimed in political rhetoric. |
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Where Did the Aborigines Go? Reinstating Plains Aborigines in Taiwans History | 35 |
We Savages Didnt Bind Feet Culture Colonial Intervention and LongRoute Identity Change | 66 |
Having a Wife Is Better than Having a God Ancestry Governmental Power and ShortRoute Identity Change | 134 |
They Came With Their Hands Tied Behind Their Backs Forced Migrations Identity Changes and State Classification in Hubei | 164 |
Theory and the Politics of Reunification Understanding Past Choices and Future Options | 209 |
Notes | 249 |
References | 277 |
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