Economic integration across the Taiwan strait : global perspectives Cross Strait linkages : historical perspective and empirical evidence Richard C.K. Burdekin Yijing Shen and Hsin hui I.H. Whited A comparison between the CEPA and the ECFA Yun Wing Sung Assessing the impacts of the integration of the ICT investments of Taiwan and China upon economic growth in Taiwan Winston T. Lin Trends for future integration of commercial banking between Taiwan and China after the ECFA Hong Jen Abraham Lin Development and international diversification benefits of equity markets in China Hong Kong and Taiwan Wan Jiun Paul Chiou Chun Pin Hsu and Chin Wen Huang Cross border mergers and acquisitions by China in Taiwan 1997 2010 Monica Yang Strategic alliance between Japan and Taiwan on the Chinese market : an empirical analysis of the IT industry Chih Ping Chen and Kai Wen Hsieh Global production networks and the Kunshan ICT cluster : the role of Taiwanese MNCs Tain Jy Chen and Ying Hua Ku Semiconductor interconnectivity across the Taiwan Strait : a case study approach Ming chin Monique Chu The emerging trade bloc across the Taiwan Strait in regional and global perspective Peter C.Y. Chow. Despite their controversial political relationship Taiwan and China remain very much entwined economically. This timely volume explores the complicated state of economic and trade relations between the two countries meticulously unraveling the issues various threads and presenting an authoritative breakdown of a complex and fascinating economic linkage