Title: The Taiwan-China connection
First published: 1996
Description: Exploring the transitional role of the state in Taiwan's economic development, this book focuses especially on the impact of trade with mainland China. Tse-Kang Leng argues that the basic structure of political forces within Taiwan and its pattern of external economic relations have been transformed in the 1990s, with cross-Straits trade playing a key part.

Although politically embarrassing to the government, this trade provides an economic opportunity that is irresistibly attractive to business interests.

Thus, cross-Straits trade and investment have served as a fulcrum by which societal interests have moved an unwilling state. Going beyond the "strong state" paradigm, the author's analysis of current cross-Straits economic policies reveals a sharp contrast between Taiwan's authoritarian past and its current era of democratization.

Weighing the crucial forces at work in Taiwan - democratization, state-society interaction, and economic interdependence with mainland China - Leng provides a thorough analysis of Taiwan's political and economic development in the 1990s and beyond.
Subjects: Foreign economic relations, Economic policy, Politics and government, Taiwan, economic policy, Taiwan, foreign relations, Taiwan, politics and government, China, economic conditions, China, economic policy, China, foreign relations, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Industries, General, International economic relations
Places: Taiwan, China
Time periods: 1988-2000, 1975-
LC classification: HC430.5 .L453 1996