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From ‘Free China’ to Sunny Paradise: The Worlding Process in the Magazine Tourism in Taiwan (1966–1974)

Chang, Bi-Yu

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Authors

Bi-Yu Chang



Contributors

Bi-Yu Chang
Editor

Pei-yin Lin
Editor

Abstract

As a crucial part of the US-led Asia–Pacific security framework, and standing against communist expansion, Taiwan and its offshore islands acted as an anti-communist bulwark during the Cold War. Under the prevailing fear of communist infiltration at the height of the Cold War, it is somewhat surprising that the ROC authorities exerted themselves to promote international tourism and opened its door to attract international visitors. In the mid-1960s, as part of the policy to accelerate the promotion of Taiwan’s international tourism, the KMT government published Tourism in Taiwan (1966–1974), one of the most important official tourism magazines. In contrast to all its short-lived predecessors, Tourism in Taiwan mainly targeted one particular group of international visitors – i.e. the American servicemen who came under the American R&R (rest and recuperation) program between 1965 and 1972. Through careful reading of Tourism in Taiwan, this chapter reflects on the complex power relations between its many ‘authors’ in this nation-branding process and also considers how American taste and Cold War order was embedded in the building, (re)imaging, and construction of the island’s ‘tourability.’

Citation

Chang, B.-Y. (2019). From ‘Free China’ to Sunny Paradise: The Worlding Process in the Magazine Tourism in Taiwan (1966–1974). In B.-Y. Chang, & P.-Y. Lin (Eds.), Positioning Taiwan in a Global Context: Being and Becoming (95-110). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429022227-7

Online Publication Date Apr 26, 2019
Publication Date Apr 30, 2019
Deposit Date Nov 15, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 15, 2019
Publisher Routledge
Pages 95-110
Series Title Routledge Research on Taiwan Series
Book Title Positioning Taiwan in a Global Context: Being and Becoming
ISBN 9780367077129
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429022227-7

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© 2019 individual chapters, the contributors. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Positioning Taiwan in a Global Context, available online: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429022227-7






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