As recognition of Taiwan's unique experience grows, the field of Taiwan studies has also expanded in the international community. Important centers of study have such as the Society for Taiwan Studies at Tenri University and the Japan Association for Taiwan Studies in Japan, the Research Unit on Taiwan Culture and Literature at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany and others have been established to reflect the interest and importance attached to this new field. This is a great step forward from the situation little more than a decade ago when few would have acknowledged the separateness of what Taiwan represents. Tu's work carries on a process that can only gather momentum.
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Discovering a new idea in Taiwanese literature
Taiwan studies has emerged in the academic world and Tu Ko-ching, who recently took up the newly created Lai Ho and Wu Chu-liu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is promoting literary tradition and Taiwan's place in the world
By Ian Bartholomew / STAFF REPORTER
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