Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations in an Era of Technological Change: Security, Economic and Cultural Dimensions(St Antony's Series)

This book explores how technological change is influencing the dynamics of relations between mainland China and Taiwan. Using the latest research, it examines the acceleration of technology-led and how it shapes three key dimensions of the cross-Strait relationship: the overarching security context; the economic context; and the cultural context.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors 1. Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations in an Era of Technological Change: Introduction; Elisabeth Forster and Jan Knoerich 2. Post-Election Cross-Strait Relations: High Hopes and Low Expectations; Steven M. Goldstein 3. Technological Change and China's Naval Modernization: Security Implications for Taiwan; Elizabeth Freund Larus 4. Taiwanese Business in Mainland China: From Domination to Marginalization?; Shelley Rigger 5. Do Mainland Chinese Firms Transform towards 'Indigenous Innovation'? The Paradox of Increasing Economic Integration across the Taiwan Straits; Ching-Jung Tsai 6. The Role of High Technology in Mainland China's Outward Investment into Taiwan: Economic, Security and Cultural Dimensions; Jan Knoerich 7. Cross-Strait Cyberspace: Between Public Sphere and Nationalist Battleground; Jens Damm 8. From Politics to Culture: Taiwanization Discourses and the Techno Nazha Performance; Fang-long Shih 9. Bridging the Cultural Gap across the Taiwan Strait – Lung Ying-tai and the Case of the Magazine Freezing Point; Kelvin Cheung 10. Technological Change and Cross-Strait Dynamics in the Twenty First Century; Paul Irwin Crookes

About the Author :
Kelvin Cheung, Institute of Education, Hong Kong Jens Damm, Tübingen University, Germany Elisabeth Forster, University of Oxford, UK Elizabeth Freund Larus, University of Mary Washington, USA Steven M. Goldstein, Harvard University, USA Shelley Rigger, Political Science at Davidson College, North Carolina, USA Fang-long Shih, London School of Economics, UK Ching-Jung Tsai, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

Review :
'Cross-strait relations are clearly a multi-dimensional phenomenon, but prior to this book, rarely did one volume address the political, economic and cultural aspects of cross-strait relations adequately, let alone with the depth found across the chapters of Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations in an Era of Technological Change.' Douglas B. Fuller, Professor, School of Management, Zhejiang University, China 'The editors are to be commended for expertly marshalling a remarkably wide range of expertise in a way that throws fresh light on many of the most pressing issues shaping cross-Strait relations in the early 21st century. The key to the book's success lies in its path-breaking and provocative use of technology as a prism through which to view security, economic and cultural challenges that are at the heart of the dynamic of cross-Strait ties.' Robert Ash, Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan, SOAS, University of London, UK