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Thursday, April 5, 2007 12:00 AM

How Taiwan became Chinese

Andrew Leonard

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  • Thursday, April 5, 2007 07:25 PM

    spanish did not exert significant political control

    ... to anywhere near the extent that the Dutch did. I think the historical evidence is pretty clear on that.

    And Michael, I respect immensely your knowledge of Taiwan and commitment to Taiwanese identity and independence, but the argument that Taiwan is not culturally Chinese strikes me as pretty strained.

    you should explore the book. I'm sure you'd love it.

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