Modern History of Taiwanese in 400 Years


Taiwan's 400 Year History: The Origins and Continuing Development of the Taiwanese Society and People is a book about the history of Taiwan, written by Su Beng, one of the pioneers of Taiwan independence movement.
Su Beng felt many advocators of the Taiwan independence movement did not understand the history of Taiwan well, and spent three years writing, in Japanese, the original version of Modern History of Taiwanese in 400 Years in 1962. After another six years, he finished the Chinese version, and the English version was published in 1986. In 1999, he added an appendix for Chinese version.
In the book, the author criticizes the ruling characteristics of Kuomintang. The book also analyzes the basic structure of Taiwan's economy, to explain how different social classes in Taiwan were formed, and focuses on different eras of social and international position and trends.

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