Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales for China's Territorial Integrity

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Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales for China's Territorial Integrity is written by Alan M. Wachman and published by NUS Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9971694379 (ISBN 10) and 9789971694371 (ISBN 13).

Why has the PRC been so determined that Taiwan be part of China? Why, since the 1990s, has Beijing been feverishly developing means to prevail in combat with the U.S. over Taiwan's status? Why is Taiwan worth fighting for? To answer, this book focuses on the territorial dimension of the Taiwan issue and highlights arguments made by PRC analysts about the geostrategic significance of Taiwan, rather than emphasizing the political dispute between Beijing and Taipei. It considers Beijing's quest for Taiwan since 1949 against the backdrop of recurring Chinese anxieties about the island's status since the seventeenth century.