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The Straits Dilemma: Taiwan's Cross-Strait Economic Policies and Identity Game Source: Taiwan's

Taiwan's China Dilemma: Identity Debates and Pluralistic Interest Game in Taiwan's Cross-Strait Economic Policies

Syaru Lin

The Straits Dilemma: Taiwan's Cross-Strait Economic Policies and Identity Game Source: Taiwan's China Dilemma: Identity Debates and Pluralistic Interest Game in Taiwan's Cross-Strait Economic Policies (Syaru Lin) This book explores how identity profoundly influences Taiwan's economic policies toward mainland China. Author Syaru Lin analyzes four key stages from the Lee Teng-hui to Ma Ying-jeou eras, revealing the repeated oscillations between liberalization and restriction in Taiwan's cross-strait economic and trade exchanges. The core argument is that as the national identity of the Taiwanese people gradually integrates from the early struggle of unification versus unity into a consensus centered on civic values, economic dialectics, through in-depth analysis of cases such as the semiconductor industry, demonstrates how Taiwan, under the pressure of globalization and the demand for political autonomy, can simultaneously safeguard its economic interests while triggering a frequent China dilemma. 台湾困境