Abstract
“Taiwan’s played out” (Taiwan wandanle). In 1998, A-Sian, an artisan in Lukang, had that to say about Taiwan, punning on a phrase that means “finished” or “at a loss.” Although the island country had weathered the 1997 crisis, it was, or was soon to be, played out.
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Hatfield, D.W. (2010). Fabrication and Commitment. In: Taiwanese Pilgrimage to China. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230102132_2
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