Taiwan's China Dilemma: Contested Identities and Multiple Interests in Taiwan's Cross-Strait Economic Policy Contributor(s): Lin, Syaru Shirley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804799288 ISBN-13: 9780804799287 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Political Science | World - Asian |
Dewey: 337.512 |
LCCN: 2015041885 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - East Asian |
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Publisher Description: China and Taiwan share one of the world's most complex international relationships. Although similar cultures and economic interests promoted an explosion of economic ties between them since the late 1980s, these ties have not led to an improved political relationship, let alone progress toward the unification that both governments once claimed to seek. In addition, Taiwan's recent Sunflower Movement succeeded in obstructing deeper economic ties with China. Why has Taiwan's policy toward China been so inconsistent? Taiwan's China Dilemma explains the divergence between the development of economic and political relations across the Taiwan Strait through the interplay of national identity and economic interests. Using primary sources, opinion surveys, and interviews with Taiwanese opinion leaders, Syaru Shirley Lin paints a vivid picture of one of the most unsettled and dangerous relationships in the contemporary world, and illustrates the growing backlash against economic liberalization and regional economic integration around the world. |