{"product_id":"taiwan22","title":"Taiwan 22: Travels in Paradox","description":"\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eis a free and prosperous country, yet a paradox exists in its sovereignty. If the world recognizes\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas an independent nation, this could trigger an invasion from China. Conversely, if the world ignores\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e, it emboldens Beijing’s ambitions of conquest. Will\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emaintain its freedom, or will there be a third world war to decide its fate? Japan-based Canadian Tyrel Eskelson\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003espends several months traveling to every corner of\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto make sense of these tensions. He learns about the legacies of the Japanese Empire, the Chinese Civil War, the Cold War, and\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e’s emergence as a flourishing democracy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #212121;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xmsonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003e22\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003e is about ambiguity, paradox, and dilemma, but beneath that, it is a portrait of a people working to maintain peace and freedom. Eskelson transports the reader to the streets, markets, and temples of Taipei, where this journey begins. He joins an all-night Indigenous festival in a mountain village, travels by ship to\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e’s outlying islands, and visits a former\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eprison camp where Allied soldiers labored and died. Eskelson explores the remote mountains and towns of the east coast, and journeys from the past to the future, as he moves from the historic city of Tainan to Hsinchu, semiconductor capital of the world. Through richly drawn scenes and memorable encounters – with shopkeepers, the homeless, celebrities, veterans, and long-term foreign residents – he reveals the human face of modern\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand unravels its complexities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #212121;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plum Rain Press 梅嶼出版","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45389856211079,"sku":null,"price":240.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/9866\/7655\/files\/Taiwan_22_ebookcover_1280x1280_5f9c11f7-a7ff-4b8c-9ed9-81459df9740a.jpg?v=1785756428","url":"https:\/\/rgjfba-zj.myshopify.com\/products\/taiwan22","provider":"Plum Rain Press 梅嶼出版","version":"1.0","type":"link"}