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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yilan County is a county in Northeastern Taiwan. Its name comes from the aboriginal Kavalan tribe. Yilan is officially administered as a county of Taiwan. Yilan County controls one township-level cities, three urban townships, and eight rural townships. Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival, "A dreamland for the children of Taiwan, a magnet for art from around the world, a garden of culture for the people of Ilan." Seven years ago, these were the concepts that launched the first ICFFF, and over the years the people of Yilan have been making it happen step by step. Of all Taiwan's folk festivals, the ICFFF is probably the best known internationally. ... Read more

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Since the mid-1980s, Taiwan and mainland China have witnessed a sustained resurgence of academic and intellectual interest in ruxue —“Confucianism”—variously conceived as a form of culture, an ideology, a system of learning, and a tradition of normative values. This discourse has led to a proliferation of contending conceptions of ruxue, as well as proposals for rejuvenating it to make it a vital cultural and psycho-spiritual resource in the modern world.

This study aims to show how ruxue has been conceived in order to assess the achievements of this enterprise; to identify which aspects of ru thought and values academics find viable, and why; to highlight the dynamics involved in the ongoing cross-fertilization between academics in China and Taiwan; and to examine the relationship between these activities and cultural nationalism.

Four key arguments are developed. First, the process of intellectual cross-fertilization and rivalry between scholars has served to sustain academic interest in ruxue. Second, contrary to conventional wisdom, party-state support in the PRC does not underpin the continuing academic discourse on ruxue. Third, cultural nationalism, rather than state nationalism, better explains the nature of this activity. Fourth, academic discourse on ruxue provides little evidence of robust philosophical creativity.

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Explores the people, history, climate, economy, and topography of Taiwan, the island province of China that continues to resist communism. ... Read more

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Demographics of Taiwan. Demographics, Population density, Ethnic group, Population decline, Total fertility rate, Han Chinese, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Political status of Taiwan, Taiwanese people, Languages of Taiwan, Religion in Taiwan, HIV/AIDS in Taiwan, Conscription in the Republic of China, Republic of China Armed Forces, Education in Taiwan ... Read more

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Taipei. Taiwan, Chinese Civil War, Republic of China, Taipei County, Keelung, Romanization of Chinese in the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei 101, Shopping in Taipei, History of Taipei, Economy of Taiwan, Taipei Main Station, Taipei Rapid Transit System, Taipei National University of the Arts ... Read more

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The rapid growth of Taiwan’s postwar “miracle” economy is most frequently credited to the leading role of the state in promoting economic development. Megan Greene challenges this standard interpretation in the first in-depth examination of the origins of Taiwan’s developmental state.

Greene examines the ways in which the Guomindang state planned and promoted scientific and technical development both in mainland China between 1927 and 1949 and on Taiwan after 1949. Using industrial science policy as a lens, she shows that the state, even during its most authoritarian periods, did not function as a monolithic entity. State planners were concerned with maximizing the use of Taiwan’s limited resources for industrial development. Political leaders, on the other hand, were most concerned with the state’s political survival. The developmental state emerged gradually as a result of the combined efforts of technocrats and outsiders, including academicians and foreign advisors. Only when the political leadership put its authority and weight behind the vision of these early planners did Taiwan’s developmental state fully come into being.

In Taiwan’s combination of technocratic expertise and political authoritarianism lie implications for our understanding of changes taking place in mainland China today.

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Severed from Mainland China at the end of the Chinese Civil War and officially unrecognized by most countries, the island nation of Taiwan thrives as a vibrant democracy and an economic powerhouse while still struggling to come to some political arrangement with the Chinese motherland. (20000101) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on July 1, 1998. The length of the article is 8442 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: KEY WORDS: Taiwan, Toroko Gorge, natural hazard, geomorphological map, landslides, rockfalls.

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Title: Geomorphological mapping for hazard assessment in a neotectonic terrain.
Author: D.N. Petley
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1998
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 164Issue: 2Page: 183

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Combining richly detailed empirical research on transnational connections with bold and imaginative theoretical argument, this innovative study offers fresh critical understandings of globalization and unique insights into post-apartheid South Africa. Based on research conducted between 1994 and 2001, Gillian Hart traces political dynamics in two former white towns and adjacent black townships in the province of KwaZulu-Natal that are major sites of Taiwanese investment. Focusing on East Asian connections with these places, and on histories and memories of racialized dispossession, she highlights the fragility of the neoliberal project in post-apartheid South Africa. She also suggests how rethinking the "land question" in terms of a social wage could connect a variety of ongoing struggles. Hart provides a clear sense of how and why both popular and academic discourses of globalization are so deeply disabling. Readers will come away with more politically empowering understandings of social change in an increasingly interconnected world. ... Read more

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Japan and the four little dragons--Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore--constitute less than 1 percent of the world's land mass and less than 4 percent of the world's population. Yet in the last four decades they have become, with Europe and North America, one of the three great pillars of the modern industrial world order. How did they achieve such a rapid industrial transformation? Why did the four little dragons, dots on the East Asian periphery, gain such Promethean energy at this particular time in history?

Ezra F. Vogel, one of the most widely read scholars on Asian affairs, provides a comprehensive explanation of East Asia's industrial breakthrough. While others have attributed this success to tradition or to national economic policy, Vogel's penetrating analysis illuminates how cultural background interacted with politics, strategy, and situational factors to ignite the greatest burst of sustained economic growth the world has yet seen.

Vogel describes how each of the four little dragons acquired the political stability needed to take advantage of the special opportunities available to would-be industrializers after World War II. He traces how each little dragon devised a structure and a strategy to hasten industrialization and how firms acquired the entrepreneurial skill, capital, and technology to produce internationally competitive goods. Vogel brings masterly insight to the underlying question of why Japan and the little dragons have been so extraordinarily successful in industrializing while other developing countries have not. No other work has pinpointed with such clarity how institutions and cultural practices rooted in the Confucian tradition were adapted to the needs of an industrial society, enabling East Asia to use its special situational advantages to respond to global opportunities.

This is a book that all scholars and lay readers with an interest in Asia will want to read and ponder.

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The industrial growth of East Asia
While this book was written more than 19 years ago, I still found much relevance in the information found in this book after reading it. The author gives a meaningful explanation of why Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore (little dragons) were able to grow very rapidly over tremendous hurdles while other asian countries have not. China today continues to dominate the asian economic headlines but after reading Vogel's book, one can still see how industrialization in a Confucian society makes a difference, even in small dragon countries.

In the first half of the book, the author explains how the colonial history and influence Japan imposed on Taiwan and South Korea made a profound impact on their economic development. Technology and socio-political values of early leadership in these small countries are also discussed and given relationship to their historical ties with Japan. In the second half, Hong Kong and Singapore are briefly discussed. Their unique development of growth are summarized by their special circumstances of geographic location and influence by the British. Although the discussion of the last two countries (Hong Kong and Singapore) were short (about 6 and 8 pages respectively - out of 112 pages), the author does expand on all the countries' asian heritage and common traits in the last chapter.

I enjoyed reading the book, finding it historically informative and insightful. The story Vogel presents is clear and structured to explain his opinions, focusing more on past analysis rather than numerical analysis or future trends. While more varied specific examples may have helped to support his views better, the book is just long enough and well written (for the general reader) to make its point.

Concise, scholarly study of the post-war "little dragons"
Case studies of the post-war economic development of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. A concise and scholarly work. Though all "Asian," these countries differ, yet each have done welleconomically.Why so? Vogel offers an answer. I'm writing this, 26 March1999. East Asia is experiencing extreme economic difficulties, but thisdoes not undo what has occurred nor remove the possibility for futuredevelopment. If you're doing business in East Asia, Four Little Dragonswill provide you with a quick read-in to four major players. ... Read more

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Since the end of World War II Taipei has undergone dramatic changes affecting the cultural , demographic, physical, political and socio-economic structure. These changes, from 1949 to 1992, are described, and explained using both official government statistics and unpublished reports, Taiwanese and Western research, and field notes taken by the author over twenty years. Tapei highlights two major problems government planners and politicians face if they are to ensure the city retains its regional and world importance, namely land constraints and respect for the rule of the law. ... Read more

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In the 1970s, John K. Fairbank wrote, "The Taiwan issue is the ticking time bomb in U.S. China policy."In this book, Ralph Clough offers a masterly analysis of the Taiwan dilemma set against the background of the island’s history, politics, and economic development.

Clough begins by tracing the changing attitude of the United States toward Taiwan – from disinterest after World War II to deep concern that began with the Korean War and continued until the peace in Vietnam.He then undertakes a thorough description of the island and its people.He discusses Taiwan’s political structure, the strengths and weaknesses of its society, and the evolving relationship between native Taiwanese and the mainlanders who arrived after 1945.

Clough fully examines the complex military situation and the unfinished civil war between the island and the mainland.He discusses, too, the war of diplomacy between the two Chinas, carrying his account into the 1970s and Taiwan’s expulsion from the U.N.He describes Taiwan’s fight for survival as an independent state and its efforts to maintain commercial relations, particularly with Japan ... Read more