Taiwan Story, The August 21 It comes wrapped in a

It comes wrapped in a little library of classic book spines

gardening and crafting tools

mortality and magic

a commoner identified only as Psoas

and fresh ideas for chutneys

Taiwan Story, The August 21 It comes wrapped in aIn this urgent book, we learn why a small island in the East China Sea will be central to the world's future An urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters for China, the West and everyone's future. When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao's Communists won and took China's mainland; Chiang Kai shek's Nationalists fled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political