Government, business, and the polictics of interdependence and conflict across the Taiwan strait

This book explains the complex and paradoxical process of economic integration and political divergence in current relations between Taiwan and mainland China. It analyzes the dynamics of economic statecraft between the two sides and the conflicts between state objectives and business interests in the context of globalization and regional economic integration. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 10 List of Figures......Page 11 Note on Romanization......Page 12 Preface......Page 13 M......Page 17 W......Page 18 One: Statecraft, Capital Mobility, and Institutions: Toward a Dynamic Interactive Model......Page 20 Economic Statecraft and National Power......Page 24 Capital Mobility and Institutions: Toward a Dynamic Interactive Model......Page 28 Government and Business in Cross-Strait Economic Interactions......Page 30 Beijing's Policy of National Unification......Page 37 Domestic Politics and Taipei's Mainland Policy......Page 39 The International Context of Cross-Strait Relations......Page 45 Democratization and the Rise of Identity Politics......Page 50 Economic Integration and the Politics of Strategic Interaction......Page 56 The DPP Administration and Cross-Strait Relations......Page 64 Three: Government Policies and Cross-Strait Trade and Investment......Page 75 Trade Relations across the Taiwan Strait......Page 76 Taiwanese Investment and Mainland China's Policy......Page 81 Changes in the Economic Environment in Taiwan......Page 83 Taipei's Policy......Page 87 Analysis of Investment Flows......Page 89 Modes of Taiwanese Investment in Mainland China......Page 96 Four: Industrial Organization and Cross-Strait Economic Interactions......Page 108 Industrial Organization in a Dichotomous Market Structure......Page 109 Industrial Organization and the Dual Financial System......Page 115 Industrial Organization and Cross-Strait Economic Interactions......Page 120 Five: Taiwanese Investors and Local Government in Mainland China......Page 141 "Particularistic Contracting" and Rents......Page 142 Taiwanese Investors in a Rent-Seeking Society......Page 148 Taiwanese Investors in Jiangsu Province......Page 152 Six: Conclusion......Page 170 Power and Interdependence across the Taiwan Strait......Page 171 Beyond the State: Bringing Capital Back In......Page 173 Appendix......Page 178 Notes......Page 180 Bibliography......Page 207 C......Page 223 E......Page 224 G......Page 225 J......Page 226 M......Page 227 P......Page 228 S......Page 229 U......Page 230 Z......Page 231 Explains the complex and paradoxical process of economic integration and political divergence in current relations between Taiwan and mainland China. It analyzes the dynamics of economic statecraft on both sides and the conflicts between state objectives and business interests in the context of globalization and regional economic integration.