Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations in an Era of Technological Change Security, Economic and Cultural Dimensions

Technological change is one of the main contemporary challenges and sources of uncertainty facing mainland China and Taiwan. It is also a key cause of the rapid political, economic and cultural shifts that characterise contemporary relations between the two. The issue has clear policy relevance for both sides and this book offers a truly original contribution to current research on the subject that can appeal to both academic and professional audiences. The chapters are based on research by international experts originating from Taiwan, mainland China, the United States, and Europe, enabling a mosaic of perspectives to be presented from different geostrategic standpoints, including national security, economics and culture, each in an interdisciplinary fashion.

Paul Irwin Crookes (PhD, Cambridge) is Lecturer in the International Relations of China and Director of Graduate Studies for the Contemporary China Studies Programme at the University of Oxford, UK. He has particular research interests in EU-China economic and political relations, East Asian security, China's innovation capabilities, and the development of international regimes as part of the evolution of global governance.

Jan Knoerich (PhD, SOAS) is Lecturer in the Economy of China and Programme Convenor for the MSc China and Globalisation at the Lau China Institute, King's College London, UK. His research examines issues in the contemporary Chinese economy, China's international economic relations and, in particular, the internationalisation of Chinese enterprises and Chinese outward foreign direct investment.

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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