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Understanding Taiwan

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A short intro about the course

This course aims at providing tools for understanding Taiwan history and politics, to have a basis for writing geopolitical analysis on the evolution of the relations between this island and China.
Through this course, you will learn:
• The history of Taiwan from the XVII century to the present
• What are the main parties and who are the most important politicians in Taiwan today
• What is the Taiwan Question and what are the main issues related to it
• Some tips to write better geopolitical analysis about Taiwan

The Taiwan Question has become one of the main international issues of today’s world, and the evolution of the cross-strait relations between mainland China and the island of Taiwan may have consequences on many other international actors. For this reason, this course explains the history of this problem, in order to allow the analysts to understand the background of this issue and be able to provide an exact interpretation of the political, economic and military situation of Taiwan. The three lessons analyze the concept of “one China policy”, the origins of the ideology of the Kuomintang and the persecutions that happened during the White Terror, the opinions of the most influent politicians of the island of the past and the present and the economic and military issues that the island is facing.

Valeria Carme Caputo

IARI Senior Analyst 
Asia and Pacific Area
About
Giada Donzel is a graduate in Language, Culture and Society of Asia and Mediterranean Africa from Ca'Foscari University of Venice. She spent more than three years in Asia, where she studied Chinese, Vietnamese and Law. After a master’s degree in international law from the Northeastern University of Shenyang, she decided to specialize in geopolitics by completing a master's degree in Diplomacy and International Cooperation at the University of Trieste. She writes for IARI in the Asia/Oceania section, with a focus on China.
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