| Description |
1 online resource (243 pages) |
| Contents |
1 Introduction; 2 Unrest on the China Coast; 2.1 Background to Maritime Activities; 2.2 Trade and Security; 2.3 The Great Pirate War and Aftermath; 2.4 Here Came the Red-Haired Dutch; 3 The Rise of Zheng Zhilong; 3.1 Zheng's Early Life; 3.2 From Pirate to Warlord; 4 Zheng Chenggong's Politicization of the China Coast; 5 From Dutch Taiwan to Zheng Taiwan; 6 The Antagonism Across the Taiwan Strait; 7 The Politics of Peace Talks; 7.1 The Ideological Obstacle to Peace; 7.2 Holding Peace in Play; 7.3 The Breakdown of Peace Talk and Its Resumption |
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7.4 No Light at the End of the Peace Tunnel8 Shi Lang the Admiral; 8.1 A Rising Star from the Ranks; 8.2 Escape from Zheng's Wrath and Defection to the Qing; 8.3 The Road to Become the Naval Chief; 9 The Crucial Naval Battle Near Penghu; 9.1 Controversy Over Strategy; 9.2 The Naval Battles off the Penghu Islands; 9.3 Shi's Policy of Rehabilitation; 9.4 The Beginning of the End; 10 Taiwan's Integration with China; 10.1 The Decision to Surrender; 10.2 Repay Injury with Kindness; 10.3 Celebration of Victory with Jubilation; 10.4 The Decision of Annexation; 10.5 The Emperor and the Admiral |
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10.6 The Legacies of the Taiwan Conquest11 Conclusion; Maps; References; Index |
| Summary |
This is the first book to comprehensively cover the historical process leading to Taiwan's integration with Mainland China in the seventeenth century. As such, it addresses the Taiwan question in the seventeenth century, presenting for the first time the process leading to the island's integration with the mainland through the story of the Zheng family and Admiral Shi Lang. The author has confirmed Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga)'s Ming loyalism and his politicization of the conflicts on the China coast. Thus, the author concludes that Zheng was a "revolutionary traditionalist" who transformed sheer violence into a political movement in an unprecedented way. He politicized the entire region and paved the way for the inevitable conflict with Mainland China. After repeated political talks had failed, the rising Qing China decided to take Taiwan by force. Though seaborne warfare was a formidable task at the time, the man who overcame these difficulties and completed the seemingly impossible mission was none other than Admiral Shi Lang. The book provides a new and more justifiable assessment of the Admiral's contribution to the conquest of Taiwan and pacification of coastal unrest. The book will be of interest to general readers as well as specialists researching security and warfare on the China coast |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Taiwan -- History -- To 1895.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131988
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Taiwan -- Politics and government -- To 1895.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131998
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China -- History -- 1644-1795. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024077
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China -- Politics and government -- 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024164
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China
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Taiwan
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Taiwan
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789811022487 |
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9811022488 |
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