One China, Many Taiwans : : The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism / / Ian Rowen.

One China, Many Taiwans shows how tourism performs and transforms territory. In 2008, as the People's Republic of China pointed over a thousand missiles across the Taiwan Strait, it sent millions of tourists in the same direction with the encouragement of Taiwan's politicians and businessp...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.) :; 7 b&w halftones, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Map
  • Introduction
  • 1. How Taiwan Became an Exceptional Territory
  • 2. The Rise of Cross-Strait Travel and Tourism
  • 3. Taiwan as Tourist Heterotopia
  • 4. Circling Taiwan, Chinese Tour-Group Style
  • 5. The Varieties of Independent Tourist Experience
  • 6. Waves of Tourists, Waves of Protest, and the End of “One China”
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Methodology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index