Book review: Taiwan in global contextThis book contains much interesting material on literature, food, travel and cinema. The former is the author of Colonial Taiwan: Negotiating Identities and Modernity through Literature, while the latter wrote Place, Identity and National Imagination in Post-war Taiwan. Positioning Taiwan in a Global Context Being And Becoming Edited Pei-yin Lin and Bei-yo ChangEach editor contributes an item to this book, Lin on the topic as a whole (the introductory chapter), Chang on tourism to Taiwan in a chapter called “From ‘free China’ to sunny paradise.”The book takes its place in Routledge’s Research on Taiwan series. In this context Taiwan is seen as the female being approached by a hard-bitten Hong Kong male. In “Translating Taiwan southward” Adam Lifshey points to the largely neglected strait between Taiwan and the Philippines, and the relationship between Taiwan and its southern neighbor.

Source: Taipei Times November 25, 2020 15:56 UTC