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CHEN Ching-Chang
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2010/12 |
| Type | Research paper |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Understanding the Political Economy of Cross-Strait Security: A Missing Link |
| Contribution Type | Single Work |
| Journal | Journal of Chinese Political Science |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 15(4),pp.391-412 |
| Authorship | Lead author,Corresponding author |
| Author and coauthor | Ching-Chang Chen |
| Details | This paper explores how and why China has been perceived as an economic threat in Taiwan through an examination of Taipei's post-Cold War economic policy with respect to the mainland. While Taipei's restriction on trade and investment across the Taiwan Strait until mid-2008 was widely considered a failure by both opponents and supporters of closer cross-Strait economic ties, this analysis points to an overlooked function of Taiwan's economic policy that was not just about tackling the problems of the security externalities or promoting the island's economic development. What appeared to be an ineffective policy can be understood as a successful boundary-drawing practice that discursively constituted a vulnerable Taiwan under Chinese economic threat, hence conducive to the (re)production of Taiwanese national identity. © 2010 Journal of Chinese Political Science/Association of Chinese Political Studies. |