Taiwan and Southeast Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19214994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Lin (0000-0003-0841-3646, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 661-675 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00219118-12396352 |
| OpenAlex | W7160404034 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
Inspired by the late historian Aaron Moore's work exploring the continued legacies of the Japanese Empire in postwar Southeast Asia, this article examines a similar trajectory for Taiwan in Southeast Asia. Propelled by both nascent economic growth at home and a desire to seek anticommunist allies, the Republic of China on Taiwan launched development missions throughout Southeast Asia. Taiwanese development in Southeast Asia was conducted in the name of postcolonial economic uplift and “free world” solidarity, but it also represented a colonial ambition, centered on the superiority of Taiwanese technology and modernity in a postcolonial world and the benefit that would bring for the ruling authoritarian Guomindang regime
Authoritarianism · China · Colonialism · Empire · Modernity · Southeast asia · Southeast Asian studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
Taiwan, the United States, and the Hidden History of the Cold War in Asia
The Hungry World
Between Assimilation and Independence
The Great Exodus from China
Dreamscapes of Modernity
Tensions of Empire
Becoming Japanese
Imperial Gateway
Imagining Taiwan
Japanese Development Consultancies and Postcolonial Power in Southeast Asia
Taiwan’s Regional Identity under the New Southbound Policy
Behind the Leverage of Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy
The Colombo Powers
From Rimland to Heartland
Decolonizing the ‘One China’ Narrative
Agricultural Development in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule
| Highly cited | No |
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