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Migration has transformed Taiwanese society in the last 20 years. The main inflows have been temporary workers from Southeast Asian countries and female spouses from Southeast Asia and China marrying Taiwanese husbands. The main outflow has been migration to China, as a result of increased economic integration across the Taiwan Strait. These changes have significantly altered Taiwan's ethnic structure and have profound social and political implications for this new democracy. As large numbers of these migrants take Taiwanese citizenship and their offspring gain voting rights, the impact of these "new Taiwanese" will continue to increase. This book showcases some of the leading researchers working on migration to and from Taiwan. The chapters approach migration from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including international relations, sociology, social work, film studies, political science, gender studies, geography and political economy and so the book has great appeal to scholars and students interested in the politics of Taiwan, Taiwanese society and ethnic identity as well as those focusing on migration in East Asia and comparative migration studies.

Immigrants --- Southeast Asians --- Foreign workers --- Taiwanese --- Social conditions --- Taiwan --- Emigration and immigration.

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Illuminating how the identities of Taiwanese diasporic subjects are contextually and historically shaped, this book advances a nuanced, complex, and differentiated understanding of globalization.

Social networks. --- Taiwanese --- Ethnic identity. --- Chinese diaspora. --- Taipai. --- Taiwan. --- ethnography. --- global cities. --- globalisation. --- identity. --- immigration. --- self-initiated expatriates.

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What does becoming American have to do with becoming religious? Many immigrants become more religious after coming to the United States. Taiwanese are no different. Like many Asian immigrants to the United States, Taiwanese frequently convert to Christianity after immigrating. But Americanization is more than simply a process of Christianization. Most Taiwanese American Buddhists also say they converted only after arriving in the United States even though Buddhism is a part of Taiwan's dominant religion. By examining the experiences of Christian and Buddhist Taiwanese Americans, Getting Saved in America tells "a story of how people become religious by becoming American, and how people become American by becoming religious." Carolyn Chen argues that many Taiwanese immigrants deal with the challenges of becoming American by becoming religious. Based on in-depth interviews with Taiwanese American Christians and Buddhists, and extensive ethnographic fieldwork at a Taiwanese Buddhist temple and a Taiwanese Christian church in Southern California, Getting Saved in America is the first book to compare how two religions influence the experiences of one immigrant group. By showing how religion transforms many immigrants into Americans, it sheds new light on the question of how immigrants become American.

Buddhism. --- Christianity. --- Conversion. --- Taiwanese Americans --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions --- Christianity --- Church history --- Religious conversion --- Psychology, Religious --- Proselytizing --- Ethnology --- Taiwanese --- Religion. --- Buddhism --- Conversion --- S11/1120 --- S26/0900 --- Religion --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: U.S.A. and Canada (incl. Hawaï) (whatever timeperiod) --- Taiwan--Religion

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Exceptional States examines new configurations of marriage, immigration, and sovereignty emerging in an increasingly mobile Asia where Cold War legacies continue to shape contemporary political struggles over sovereignty and citizenship. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Through tracing parallels between the predicaments of Chinese marital immigrants and the uncertain future of the Taiwan nation-state, the book shows how intimate attachments and emotional investments infuse the governmental practices of Taiwanese bureaucrats charged with regulating immigration and producing citizenship and sovereignty. Its attention to a group of immigrants whose exceptional status has become necessary to Taiwan's national integrity exposes the social, political, and subjective consequences of life on the margins of citizenship and sovereignty.

Citizenship --- Self-determination, National --- Intercountry marriage --- Foreign spouses --- Chinese --- Women immigrants --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Political science --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- National self-determination --- Nationalism --- Nation-state --- Nationalities, Principle of --- Sovereignty --- Binational marriage --- International marriage --- Marriages, International --- Marriage --- Alien spouses --- Foreign national spouses --- Spouses --- Ethnology --- Immigrant women --- Immigrants --- Political aspects --- Social conditions. --- Law and legislation --- China --- Taiwan --- Foreign relations --- Noncitizen spouses --- asian studies. --- china. --- chinese history. --- chinese marital immigrants. --- chinese spouses. --- citizenship. --- cold war asia. --- contemporary politics in asia. --- female chinese immigrants. --- female emigrants from china. --- foreign spouses taiwan. --- immigrant chinese women. --- immigration china to taiwan. --- immigration. --- intercountry marriage. --- marital immigration. --- marriage and family china. --- marriage and family taiwan. --- marrying to immigrate. --- taiwan. --- taiwanese citizenship. --- taiwanese immigration. --- taiwanese sovereignty.

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In this engrossing cultural history of baseball in Taiwan, Andrew D. Morris traces the game's social, ethnic, political, and cultural significance since its introduction on the island more than one hundred years ago. Introduced by the Japanese colonial government at the turn of the century, baseball was expected to "civilize" and modernize Taiwan's Han Chinese and Austronesian Aborigine populations. After World War II, the game was tolerated as a remnant of Japanese culture and then strategically employed by the ruling Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Even as it was also enthroned by Taiwanese politicians, cultural producers, and citizens as their national game. In considering baseball's cultural and historical implications, Morris deftly addresses a number of societal themes crucial to understanding modern Taiwan, the question of Chinese "reunification," and East Asia as a whole.

Baseball --- Baseball players --- History. --- asia. --- austronesian aborigines. --- baseball history. --- baseball. --- chinese nationalist party. --- colonial era. --- colonialism. --- competition. --- cultural history. --- cultural impact. --- east asia. --- easy to read. --- engaging. --- ethnic history. --- government and governing. --- han chinese. --- historical. --- japanese colonialism. --- japanese culture. --- modern history. --- modern taiwan. --- national game. --- pacific. --- political history. --- post war taiwan. --- social history. --- sports history. --- sports. --- taiwan. --- taiwanese politics. --- team sports. --- world war ii.