Making Capitalism in China The Taiwan Connection

by Hsing, You-Tien

• ISBN13: 9780195103243
• ISBN10: 0195103246
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Even as relations between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China continue to be strained, investment by Taiwanese businesses in China is growing every year. Between 1978 and 1994, Taiwan businesses invested $10 billion in China, 10% of the total foreign investment during that period. This study describes the magnitude and importance of this investment. Hsing demonstrates the role of a shared cultural heritage and language and the role of Chinese local government in building networks of firms in the two countries.

Table of Contents

Maps	xi
Coastal Provinces of China	xi	(1)
Guangdong Province	xii	(2)
Fujian Province	xiv
Introduction: Ganbei to Networks	3	(8)
The Gold Treasure Restaurant, Meijie, Southern China	4	(2)
From Multinational Corporations to Transnational Networks	6	(2)
Chinese Capitalism?--Ethnicity-Based Transnational Networks of Entrepreneurs	8	(3)
1. Taiwan, Southern China, and the New East Asian Economy	11	(29)
Transnational Investors from East Asia	11	(4)
Taiwan and China's New Partnership	15	(6)
Southern China and the World Market	21	(19)
2. Networked Investors from Taiwan	40	(38)
The Trade of Styles	40	(4)
Taiwanese Fashion Shoemakers in the World Market	44	(8)
Networks of Creative Imitation	52	(8)
The Work of the Network: Trading Companies	60	(7)
Networks Move to China	67	(4)
Social Networks	71	(7)
3. Chinese Workers and Taiwanese Competitiveness	78	(14)
Taiwanese Investment Strategies	78	(5)
Labor Exploitation	83	(9)
4. Culture and Labor Discipline	92	(16)
Managing Shoe Manufacturing	92	(7)
Factory Daughters and Capitalist Soldiers	99	(5)
Regionalism and Shopfloor Politics	104	(4)
5. Autonomy in Local China	108	(20)
Cooking and Eating in Separate Kitchens	109	(9)
Bureaucratic Entrepreneurs	118	(10)
6. Reform Coalitions and Blood Connections	128	(16)
Transnational Business Partnership in Local China	129	(3)
Gift Exchange and Guanxi Building	132	(12)
7. Global Networks and Local Development	144	(17)
Networks of State-Based Powers	146	(1)
China and Transnational Networks of Chinese Entrepreneurs	147	(8)
Foreign Investment and Local Development	155	(6)
Appendixes	161	(22)
A Notes on Methodology	161	(4)
B List of Interviews	165	(10)
C Production Processes and Division of Labor in the Footwear Industry	175	(4)
D Labor Contracts in Two Taiwanese Shoe Factories	179	(4)
Notes	183	(32)
Bibliography	215	(28)
Works in Chinese	215	(7)
Works in English	222	(21)
Index	243