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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: History, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult, New Releases
ISBN: 9781405966092
Published: December 2025
Imprint: Penguin
Page Extent: 272
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00

The Taiwan Story

Kerry Brown

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An urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters - for China, the West and everyone's future

'An erudite primer . . . Brown's mission to educate westerners about Taiwan and why it matters is a critical one, which makes this book well worth reading' SUNDAY TIMES • 'Anyone with a care to avoid a third world war - between China and the US - should read this book' JACK STRAW • 'An authoritative primer to all things Taiwan' BARBARA DEMICK

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...

About the Author

Kerry Brown

Kerry Brown

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London. From 2012 to 2015 he was Professor of Chinese Politics and Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Prior to this he worked at Chatham House from 2006 to 2012, as Senior Fellow and then Head of the Asia Programme. From 1998 to 2005 he worked at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office stationed in Beijing. He is the author of over twenty books on modern Chinese politics and his work has been translated into twelve languages.

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