1st Edition
Taiwan and The ‘China Impact’ Challenges and Opportunities
Foreword Michael H.H. Hsiao 1. Introduction Gunter Schubert Part I: The ‘China Impact’ on Taiwan’s Domestic Politics 2. The PRC as a Player in Taiwan’s Domestic Politics: A Two-Level Game Analysis Lin Jih-wen 3. Cross-Strait Relations as an "Easy" Issue: China’s Impact on Evidence Provision in Negative Political Campaigning in Taiwan Yun Ted Hsuan & Wu Chung-li (Ted Hsuan Yun Chen) 4. The China Impact on Taiwan’s Elections: Cross-Strait Economic Integration through the Lens of Election Advertising Dafydd Fell 5. The China Impact on Taiwan’s Generational Politics Shelley Rigger 6. Facing the Dragon and Riding the Tiger. Assessing the Mainland Taishang as an ‘Impact Factor’ in Cross-Strait Relations Gunter Schubert 7. Signaling Peace: A Theory of the ECFA and a Peace Dividend beyond the Taiwan Strait Hans H. Tung & Chu Yun-han 8. Political Competition Framed by the China Factor: Looking beyond the 2012 Presidential Election Wu Nai-teh Part II: The ‘China Impact’ on Taiwanese Society 9. The Social Basis of Taiwan’s Cross-Strait Policies, 2008-2012 Chen Jih-jou 10. Cross-Strait Trade and Class Cleavages in Taiwan Lin Thung-hong 11. Escalator or Merry-Go-Round: Taiwanese Skilled Migration to China) Tseng Yen-fen 12. Taiwan’s Immigration Policy and the China Impact: The Case of Cross-Strait Families Deng Jian-bang 13.Taiwanese Youth in Mainland China: Fragile Identity in the Shadow of China Lin Ping Part III: The ‘China Impact’ on Taiwan’s Security14. The Rise of China and Its Implications for US.-Taiwan Relations Lin Cheng-yi 15. Cross-Strait Integration and Taiwan’s New Security Challenges Jean-Pierre Cabestan 16. Conclusions: Assessing the China Impact Gunter Schubert
Biography
Gunter Schubert is Professor of Greater China Studies at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Tübingen, Germany. He is also the founder and Director of the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan at this university.
"...one of the valuable inputs of some contributors is to provide a “bottom-up” approach—by using either public opinion surveys or interviews, or both—to examine the impact of mainland China on Taiwan’s politics and society...Taiwan and the “China Impact” very thought-provoking for many people interested in Taiwan and cross-Strait relations."
Kwei-Bo Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Asian Politics & Policy (APP)
