Taiwan Today

Anita Sharma is a Reader of History, Buddhism and Chinese Language and an Associate Professor of Chinese Language and History at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, India.Sreemati Chakrabarti is Professor of Chinese Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. She is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies CSDS, Delhi

• Acknowledgements; Contributors to this Volume; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Foreword by Ambassador Ranjit Gupta; Introduction; Who are We? Identity in Transition; Taiwan: Yearning for an Identity; The Implications of Direct Flights: Beijing in Taiwanese Politics; Kuomintang, Democratization and the One-China Principle; The Deepening and Consolidation of Democracy in Taiwan; India and Taiwan: Bolstering Complementarity in Information Technology; Asian Regional Economic Integration and Taiwan-India Economic Relations; The Taiwan Factor in Sino-Indian Relations; Japan’s Triumphant Diplomacy in Taiwan in 1874; A Study of the Cultural and Educational Exchanges between Taiwan and India, 1995-2006; Between Two Worlds: A Survey of Education in Taiwan; Female Immigrants, Social Capital and the Public Sphere in Taiwan; Information Technology and Gender: Taiwan and India; Tzu Chi: A Case Study of Engaged Buddhism in Taiwan; Master Hsing Yun of Fo Guang Shan and Development of Humanistic Buddhism; The Heritage and Innovation of Chan Paintings in Taiwan; Taiwan in World Architecture: A Historical Perspective; Afterword by V P Dutt