J. Bruce Jacobs, PhD (1975), Columbia University, was Professor of Asian Languages and Studies at Monash University. Bruce published on Taiwan, including Democratising Taiwan (BRILL, 2012) and The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard (BRILL, 2016). Niki J.P. Alsford, PhD (2015), SOAS, is Professor at University of Central Lancashire. He has published his research on Taiwan, including Transitions to Modernity in Taiwan: The spirit of 1895 and the cession of Formosa to Japan (Routledge, 2017).Sojin Lim, PhD (2011), University of Manchester, is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at University of Central Lancashire. She has published research on Korea, including Aid Modalities Determinants: South Korea Triangular Cooperation and Implication towards North Korea (North Korean Review, 2019).

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 IntroductionComparing Taiwan and KoreaJ. Bruce Jacobs2 Korean Colonial CosmopolitanismMichael J. Seth3 Taiwan in TransformationThe Japanese Colonial EraEvan Dawley4 ROC-ROK International FateDecolonization, Democratization, and PragmatismMoises de Souza and Fabricio A. Fonseca5 Tzu-Chi and the ‘Moonies’New Religious Movements in Taiwan and South KoreaNiki J.P. Alsford and Nataša Visočnik6 Park Geun-hye and Tsai Ing-wenThe First Female Presidents of South Korea and TaiwanYoung-Im Lee7 East Asian Area Studies Teaching Programmes in the United KingdomA Comparative Case Study of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and Taiwan Studies at SOAS, University of LondonDafydd Fell and Sojin LimIndex

J. Bruce Jacobs, PhD (1975), Columbia University, was Professor of Asian Languages and Studies at Monash University. Bruce published on Taiwan, including Democratising Taiwan (BRILL, 2012) and The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard (BRILL, 2016). Niki J.P. Alsford, PhD (2015), SOAS, is Professor at University of Central Lancashire. He has published his research on Taiwan, including Transitions to Modernity in Taiwan: The spirit of 1895 and the cession of Formosa to Japan (Routledge, 2017).Sojin Lim, PhD (2011), University of Manchester, is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at University of Central Lancashire. She has published research on Korea, including Aid Modalities Determinants: South Korea Triangular Cooperation and Implication towards North Korea (North Korean Review, 2019).

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 IntroductionComparing Taiwan and KoreaJ. Bruce Jacobs2 Korean Colonial CosmopolitanismMichael J. Seth3 Taiwan in TransformationThe Japanese Colonial EraEvan Dawley4 ROC-ROK International FateDecolonization, Democratization, and PragmatismMoises de Souza and Fabricio A. Fonseca5 Tzu-Chi and the ‘Moonies’New Religious Movements in Taiwan and South KoreaNiki J.P. Alsford and Nataša Visočnik6 Park Geun-hye and Tsai Ing-wenThe First Female Presidents of South Korea and TaiwanYoung-Im Lee7 East Asian Area Studies Teaching Programmes in the United KingdomA Comparative Case Study of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and Taiwan Studies at SOAS, University of LondonDafydd Fell and Sojin LimIndex