Anna Rudakowska is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Politics and Economy, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan and Senior Associate Researcher at the Department of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel. She specialises in the European Union (EU) external relations, EU relations with China and Taiwan and cross-strait relations.Ewa Trojnar, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Institute of the Middle and Far East, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. In her academic interests she focuses on international relations in Asia. She holds Ph.D. and habilitation in Political Science, and M.A. in Economics. She initiates international and national research projects and completes them with passion and dedication, also by conducting field research in Asia. Agata W. Ziętek Professor in International Relations Department, Institute of Political Scinece and Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science and Jurnalism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. Since 2019 Director of Doctoral School of Social Sciences - Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.

• 1. Unpacking Taiwan’s Exceptionalism: Themes and StudiesANNA RUDAKOWSKA • EWA TROJNAR • AGATA W. ZIĘTEK2. The Legal Status of Taiwan under International LawLECH ANTONOWICZ3. Taiwan’s Unique Position Toward the South China SeaAGATA W. ZIĘTEK4. Taiwan-China-United States Relations: Taiwan’s Unique Safe House for Better or WorseEWA TROJNAR 5. Exceptionalism under a Glass Ceiling? Taiwan’s Democratic Development and ChallengesWU DER-YUAN6. The Sunflower Movement: An Example of the Dynamics of Civic Activity in TaiwanKRZYSZTOF KOZŁOWSKI7. The Development of Indigenous Tourism Clusters in Taiwan: Economic and Cultural Foundations of SustainabilityMAGDALENA KACHNIEWSKA8. A Shark Paradise in Taiwan (Dis)appears: From Shark Soup to Shark DivingKATARZYNA NEGACZ9. Taipei’s Soft Power at Work: The Image of Taiwan in Polish Dailies “Gazeta Wyborcza” and “Rzeczpospolita”ANNA RUDAKOWSKAContributorsList of FiguresIndex

Anna Rudakowska is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Politics and Economy, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan and Senior Associate Researcher at the Department of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel. She specialises in the European Union (EU) external relations, EU relations with China and Taiwan and cross-strait relations.Ewa Trojnar, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Institute of the Middle and Far East, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. In her academic interests she focuses on international relations in Asia. She holds Ph.D. and habilitation in Political Science, and M.A. in Economics. She initiates international and national research projects and completes them with passion and dedication, also by conducting field research in Asia. Agata W. Ziętek Professor in International Relations Department, Institute of Political Scinece and Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science and Jurnalism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. Since 2019 Director of Doctoral School of Social Sciences - Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.

• 1. Unpacking Taiwan’s Exceptionalism: Themes and StudiesANNA RUDAKOWSKA • EWA TROJNAR • AGATA W. ZIĘTEK2. The Legal Status of Taiwan under International LawLECH ANTONOWICZ3. Taiwan’s Unique Position Toward the South China SeaAGATA W. ZIĘTEK4. Taiwan-China-United States Relations: Taiwan’s Unique Safe House for Better or WorseEWA TROJNAR 5. Exceptionalism under a Glass Ceiling? Taiwan’s Democratic Development and ChallengesWU DER-YUAN6. The Sunflower Movement: An Example of the Dynamics of Civic Activity in TaiwanKRZYSZTOF KOZŁOWSKI7. The Development of Indigenous Tourism Clusters in Taiwan: Economic and Cultural Foundations of SustainabilityMAGDALENA KACHNIEWSKA8. A Shark Paradise in Taiwan (Dis)appears: From Shark Soup to Shark DivingKATARZYNA NEGACZ9. Taipei’s Soft Power at Work: The Image of Taiwan in Polish Dailies “Gazeta Wyborcza” and “Rzeczpospolita”ANNA RUDAKOWSKAContributorsList of FiguresIndex

Anna Rudakowska is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Politics and Economy, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan and Senior Associate Researcher at the Department of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel. She specialises in the European Union (EU) external relations, EU relations with China and Taiwan and cross-strait relations.Ewa Trojnar, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Institute of the Middle and Far East, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. In her academic interests she focuses on international relations in Asia. She holds Ph.D. and habilitation in Political Science, and M.A. in Economics. She initiates international and national research projects and completes them with passion and dedication, also by conducting field research in Asia. Agata W. Ziętek Professor in International Relations Department, Institute of Political Scinece and Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science and Jurnalism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. Since 2019 Director of Doctoral School of Social Sciences - Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.

• 1. Unpacking Taiwan’s Exceptionalism: Themes and StudiesANNA RUDAKOWSKA • EWA TROJNAR • AGATA W. ZIĘTEK2. The Legal Status of Taiwan under International LawLECH ANTONOWICZ3. Taiwan’s Unique Position Toward the South China SeaAGATA W. ZIĘTEK4. Taiwan-China-United States Relations: Taiwan’s Unique Safe House for Better or WorseEWA TROJNAR 5. Exceptionalism under a Glass Ceiling? Taiwan’s Democratic Development and ChallengesWU DER-YUAN6. The Sunflower Movement: An Example of the Dynamics of Civic Activity in TaiwanKRZYSZTOF KOZŁOWSKI7. The Development of Indigenous Tourism Clusters in Taiwan: Economic and Cultural Foundations of SustainabilityMAGDALENA KACHNIEWSKA8. A Shark Paradise in Taiwan (Dis)appears: From Shark Soup to Shark DivingKATARZYNA NEGACZ9. Taipei’s Soft Power at Work: The Image of Taiwan in Polish Dailies “Gazeta Wyborcza” and “Rzeczpospolita”ANNA RUDAKOWSKAContributorsList of FiguresIndex