Remembering China from Taiwan
Subtitle: divided families and bittersweet reunions after the Chinese Civil War
By: Mahlon Meyer
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9789888083862
Subjects: Attitudes; War and families; Family relationships; Personal narratives; Refugees; History
Description: When the Nationalists lost China in 1949, many of them left behind their families as they retreated to Taiwan. A half century later, through democratic elections, they lost control over Taiwan as well and began looking to a new and powerful China, where their relatives had grown rich, for a sense of identity and economic support, thus laying the groundwork for the growing integration between Taiwan and China. As exchanges across the Taiwan Strait increased, many separated families finally met after years of dreaming about each other in hope and in sorrow, through many eras and disast.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.