Chapter I Early Taiwan and the Development of Taiwan
Section 1 Prehistoric Culture in Taiwan and Fujian
Section 2 Taiwan in Historical Records before the Ming Dynasty
Section 3 Residents of Taiwan
Section 4 Zheng Chenggong's Expulsion of Dutch Colonists and Rule of Taiwan
Chapter 2 The Prefecture of Taiwan in the Early and Mid-Qing Dynasty
Section 1 Emperor Kangxi Unifies Taiwan
Section 2 The Policy of Rule in the Early Qing Dynasty
Section 3 Characteristics of the Immigrant Community
Chapter 3 Establishment of Taiwan Province and Its Development
Section 1 Invasion of Foreign Powers and Policy Shift of the Qing Court
Section 2 Establishment of Taiwan Province, an Important Step for Defending the Southeast
Chapter 4 Cession of Taiwan and the Colonial Rule during the Japanese Occupation
Section 1 The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and Taiwan's Forced Cession
Section 2 Establishment of Office of Taiwan Governor- general and Early Japanese Colonial Rule
Section 3 Colonial Rule after Civil Officials Were Placed at the Helm
Section 4 July 7 Incident of 1937, Full-scale War against Japanese Aggression and Their Impact on Taiwan
Chapter 5 Retrocession of Taiwan and Restoration and Exercise of Chinese Sovereignty
Section 1 End of Japanese Occupation and Return of Taiwan to China
Section 2 Chinese Government's Takeover and Reconstruction of Taiwan
Section 3 The February 28 Incident of 1947
Section 4 National Government's Measures to Address Public Grievances and Social Conflicts in Taiwan
Chapter 6 Chiang Kai-shek's Rule and Economic and Social Conditions of Taiwan
Section 1 Party Reform and Previous Plenary Sessions
Section 2 Strengthening of Dictatorship under the Guise of'Constitutionalism'
Section 3 US Taiwan Policy and Two Taiwan Straits Crises
Section 4 Economic Development and Land Reform
Section 5 Social Conditions
Chapter 7 Economic Take-off and Social Evolution of Taiwan under Chiang Ching-kuo's Administration Section 1 Taiwan in a Critical Situation during 1970-80s
Section 2 Chiang Ching-kuo's Two 'Political Reforms'
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Chapter 8 Emerging of'Taiwan Independence' Movement and Situation of Taiwan Society
Chapter 9 Development of Cross-Straits Economic and Trade Relations
Chapter 10 Taiwan's Culture and Education
Index
Postscript of the English Edition