Taiwan Today

Inspired by a conference titled 'Taiwan Today' organized by the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, this collection analyses contemporary India-Taiwan economic relations.

The 1980s economic boom in East Asia drew the world’s attention towards Taiwan. India-Taiwan economic relations have been growing and the setting up of economic and cultural centres has promoted people-to-people contacts. Cultural and educational ties between the two nations are also increasing. This book is inspired by a conference titled ‘Taiwan Today’ organized by the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. The Department of East Asian Studies is one of the few academic centres where all the entities in the East Asian region are studied and researched. This book will be very useful for those interested or engaged in research on East Asia.

Acknowledgements; Contributors to this Volume; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Foreword by Ambassador Ranjit Gupta; Introduction; Who are We? Identity in Transition; Taiwan: Yearning for an Identity; The Implications of Direct Flights: Beijing in Taiwanese Politics; Kuomintang, Democratization and the One-China Principle; The Deepening and Consolidation of Democracy in Taiwan; India and Taiwan: Bolstering Complementarity in Information Technology; Asian Regional Economic Integration and Taiwan-India Economic Relations; The Taiwan Factor in Sino-Indian Relations; Japan’s Triumphant Diplomacy in Taiwan in 1874; A Study of the Cultural and Educational Exchanges between Taiwan and India, 1995-2006; Between Two Worlds: A Survey of Education in Taiwan; Female Immigrants, Social Capital and the Public Sphere in Taiwan; Information Technology and Gender: Taiwan and India; Tzu Chi: A Case Study of Engaged Buddhism in Taiwan; Master Hsing Yun of Fo Guang Shan and Development of Humanistic Buddhism; The Heritage and Innovation of Chan Paintings in Taiwan; Taiwan in World Architecture: A Historical Perspective; Afterword by V P Dutt