Introduction The World Trade Organization (WTO) came into force on January 1995 succeeding the General Agreements on Tariffs Trade (GATT 1948). Dozens of new membership…
Country or Region: Taiwan
Summary Yu Zheng challenges the idea that democracy is the prerequisite for developing countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and promote economic growth. He…
Abstract This article examines Taiwan’s cross-strait relations with China by analyzing the linkages between their respective security interests and free trade objectives in the twenty-first…
Summary China and Taiwan share one of the world’s most complex international relationships. Although similar cultures and economic interests promoted an explosion of economic ties…
Abstract The relative period of peace in East Asia since the Second World War has largely been underwritten by not just growing prosperity, but the…
Introduction Perhaps there is something about playing hard to get. The more difficulty existing participants have concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, the more eager…
Abstract China’s rapid military modernisation in the past decade has raised concern over when and how China will use its military power in the future.…
Abstract Nationalism and national self-assertion have been core values of the Chinese Communist Party throughout its history and also represent a key narrative of Chinese…
Abstract This article contends that the Tsai administration will likely be positive for U.S.-Taiwan relations. While the partnership may well require more work than was…
Abstract This article explores the political and security implications for relations between Beijing and Taipei in light of the recent election of a new Taiwanese…
Abstract Taiwan’s growing calls for independence have provoked China and heightened the risk of military conflict in the region. This paper addresses two issues:…
Abstract Only recently the Sino-Taiwanese issue has again been in the headlines of the international media. On Saturday, 3 August 2002, Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian…
Abstract The pacifist commitment contained in Article 9 of the Japanese constitution has long been a source of scholarly interest and debate. While the insertion…
Abstract Sino‐US relations are the most problematic of all the great power relationships in the Asia‐Pacific region, and in that relationship it is the question…
Abstract Many countries have implemented various policies for renewable energy development ranging from setting power purchase agreements and the legislation of renewable energy requirements to…
