Abstract
After more than half a century’s separation, interaction between China and Taiwan has increased and has progressively changed from a politico-economic interaction to a more civic interaction. Scholars working on cross-Strait relations have recently begun to pay attention to the civic influence of Taiwanese businesses on the relationship. Some emphasize the importance of sub-governmental interactions in the process of cross-Strait integration. Others assert that Taiwanese businesses can exercise economic leverage to constrain the Chinese government in cross-Strait policymaking. These scholars stress bottom–up processes by observing current phenomena, then deducing the emerging pattern of cross-Strait relations that may be influenced by business activities. Taking account of changing trends in scholarly discussions of the cross-Strait relationship, this special issue of China Information presents current research in this field. Unlike studies on top–down processes that affect political and economic interactions between China and Taiwan, several contributions in the special issue highlight bottom–up mechanisms affecting such interactions by examining the identity of Taiwanese businesspeople and migrants, as well as the activities and implications of Taiwanese charitable organizations operating in China. This issue focuses not only on the impact of China on Taiwan, but also the impact of Taiwanese investments, migrants, and exports on Chinese society.
Highlights
The relationship across the Taiwan Strait has always been the focus of academic discussion in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Some American scholarship has paid attention to the cross-Strait debate because the United States plays an important role in the strategic triangular relationship with Taiwan and China
As we can see from the above review, whether from an international perspective or issues across the Strait, most of the spotlight falls on strategic policy settings, approaches to establish confidence across the Strait in the realm of security or in macro-economic interactions between China and Taiwan
Summary
The relationship across the Taiwan Strait has always been the focus of academic discussion in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Keywords US-China-Taiwan relations, Taiwan’s mainland policy, cross-Strait migration, Tzu Chi in China, Taishang, linkage community
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