Rigger, Shelley,  1962- <br/><br/>
Why Taiwan matters :  small island, global powerhouse / 
Shelley Rigger. 
 - Updated ed. 
 - Lanham :  Rowman & Littlefield,  2014. 
 - ix, 217 p., [10] p. of plates :  ill. ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index. 
<br/><br/>The world's tallest building -- Building Taiwan -- From farmers to manufacturers -- From "free China" to democratic Taiwan -- "America is boring at night" -- "An opportunity full of threats": cross-strait economic interaction -- Making peace with the China inside and the China outside -- The international birdcage -- Why Taiwan matters to American and the world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>144220480X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781442204805 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014412046 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Taiwan--Foreign relations--21st century.<br/>Taiwan--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Taiwan.<br/>Taiwan--Foreign relations--China.<br/>China--Foreign relations--Taiwan.<br/>Taiwan--Economic conditions--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS799.625  / .R54 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951.24/905