TY - BOOK AU - Rigger,Shelley TI - Why Taiwan matters: small island, global powerhouse SN - 9781442204799 AV - 435 DS 799.625 R569w 2011 U1 - 951.24905222 PY - 2011/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Taiwan KW - Foreign relations KW - 21st century KW - United States KW - China KW - Relaciones exteriores KW - Siglo XXI KW - Economic conditions KW - Condiciones económicas KW - Estados Unidos N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201) and index; The world's tallest building -- Building Taiwan -- From farmers to manufacturers -- From "free China" to democratic Taiwan -- "America is boring at night" -- "An opportunity full of threats": cross-strait economic interaction -- Making peace with the China inside and the China outside -- The international birdcage -- Why Taiwan matters to American and the world ER -